They’re Only Words

They’re only words

But they need to be heard

They need to be shared

If they’re true

And if they matter

Open your mouth 

And push out the sound

You don’t need to flatter

Or make idle chatter

Just say what you feel in your heart

That’s a start

Staying silent

Is simply absurd

One day you’ll wake up

In the morn with a start

In a sweat-drenched bed 

With despair in your heart

An ache in your gut

And a pain in your head 

When it’s too late to say

What you should have just said

When you had all the time

To say it

Do you feel dread 

When you think of that day

Waking up in that most

Uncomfortable way

Cursing yourself

For not forcing yourself

To simply convey

What you wanted to say

Really wanted to say

And desperately needed to say it?

Do you feel that way?

Well

I don’t know about you

But I do

I sure do

They’re only words

But they need to be said

They need to be heard

Before it’s too late

So just say

What you need to say

And say it today