Dear Mouth by Elizabeth Opiyo

Dear mouth,

please be patient enough to swallow the words that the ears feed you.

I hope the choice you make,

to either stay closed or open,

is only for a better cause; 

To heal and to bless. 

To make happy and wise.

To learn and make peace.

Whenever confidence is less

because what you're about to utter makes no sense, 

I hope you find peace in silence.

When a Hitler or a lucifer pays you a surprise visit,

decipher the words to swallow and the ones to spit.

Do not  conspire with them in silence.

So when silence becomes a pestilence, 

Please open up and make some noise 

For your self, and the voiceless. 

And when anger is bitter,

be still to distill the taste stuck on your tongue, 

Not because you are weak,

not because you can't speak,

but because you're confident and kind,

enough to give the mind the time to think and the ear a chance to listen.

Because ego doesn't suit you,

for emotional intelligence is your favorite shed of lipstick.