September 24, 2020

SHUT  UP!

 

Just two words.
Just 5 letters.
They work.
Sometimes it causes
the other to shut down –
sometimes for a long time.
 
“Shut up!”
 
They are much stronger
than a yawn or a looking
at one’s watch or simply
saying, “I gotta run!”
 
“Shut up!”
 
And sometimes they
get us to open up and
tell each other what’s
shut up – down deep –
in our feelings.

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2020