war within
the war i’ll never win
stationed in my mouth
- where my teeth bite my tongue.
the words want to come
i warrior my words;
no war is won.
conflict,
as i lick the taste away;
defeated, in between.
i can never say what i mean.
polite, nice, lady-like,
kind.
swallow the reaction,
sip in the silence - every time.
the war i’ll never win is hidden,
within.
2/3/2018
