A Sonnet: So Much To Say. Poem by Benjamin Hickmott

Surrounded by ears I watch what I say
Constantly suppressing my emotions
I live with a knotted tongue every day
Holding back the truth of my devotions.
It‘s not always an easy thing to do
And I can‘t just make the knots go away
So that at last when I‘m alone with you
It‘s hard to express what I want to say.
Sometimes it hurts ‚ is there worse yet to come
Will I one day find it awkward to write?
As the scars add up the senses grow numb
Will the words then fail me, try as I might
So much to say, but it‘s hard to define
Put feelings in words and phrases that rhyme.