Poems That Didn'T Want To Be Written Poem by Ivana RadanJamnicki

I’ve heard of poems that didn’t want to be written
Because if they wanted to, they would be judging
They didn’t want to be written
For if they did, they would be accusing

Yes I’ve heard of poems that didn’t want to be written, or read
To you
For they didn’t want to be written, read or said
They rather kept their secrets for themselves

They just didn’t want to
They had their faces red
Shoulders shrugged
Eyes looking down, ashamed

Thinking it is, was and always will be
Their fault
Another solution wasn’t to be sought
It was always something they had caused

And assuming that for their words and acts
They were going to be judged, accused or criticised
And you wouldn’t believe them or, what’s worse
You’d cross their boundary, again

Even now they are not ready to be said
And secrets still considered better to stay unspoken
Remaining hidden, unshared
Forever hoping to be, finally, forgotten