A Troubled Mouth Poem by Henry Brown

Who can be trusted, who is on your side
I have been looked straight in the eye while that person lied

Time to take stock put a guard on my mouth
Not one truthful person to be found east west north or south

Why do we treat each other with such little respect
Then when someone retaliates we get upset

Not that it is right to retaliate
But it is with our mouths that we seal our fate

I want to learn to keep my big mouth shut
And if I forget please give me a swift kick in the butt

Henry Brown 28th October 2010