'Shhh...' Poem by Aliw Mismanos

Loud drum beating hard inside my heart
Pair of cymbals clashing from the ver start
With gong giving its deep ringing sound to last
Announcing hey Im INLOVE, rejoicing full blast!

I'd like to be the talkative mynah bird
Chirping human words of people near
Adoration and astonishment he'll hear
That's his medal for being loud and clear!

How I'd love to be a carefree bumble bee
Hairy and buzzing everywhere he can see
Fearing no one so opposite and unlike me
I'd love to shout my love, but cannot be...

When i feel like tellin' got to hush myself
My deepest emotion contained in a shelf
I gotta be contented murmuring silently
Shh...i commanded myself keep it privately.

There is so much sweetness in my thought
So much love & affection wanting to outburst
Like in those bubbly soda and tasty wines
Yet, i can't uncork it! I need to hush and shh..