To My Self Poem by Ojok Isaac

I stay quiet like a tomb
As I circumspect my inner_self...
Bbefore I say out a word
I gnash it...
I swallow it...
And digest it...

If to me it brings no harm
It harms you not
So I'd breathe it out like sea breeze
Blowing in your heart

But if it does harm to me
If it lays on me a blanket of pain
If it digs a grave in my vernal emotions
If it causes my tender skin corrosions
And leaves a mark unforgettable

I stay quiet like a tomb
Lifeless like a stone
Useless like a dead tree
And set myself free
But I would've done
No harm to the world
And that's my pleasure