filters.

please stop me

from saying another

godforsaken word

mute me

if only for a moment

cleanse my breath

let me consider

you

let me reconsider

me

your brains are just as

intimidating

as your beauty is

and i'll tell you

everything

i'm not afraid

but i realize

that your ears may

not quite be

as welcoming

as your smile

give me poison

but please

don't take away

the reason

cleanse my blood

because i don't want you to know

that you have me

enslaved

biting my tongue off

and hiding my shaking hands

in wet pockets

thank you for

allowing me

to breathe

because i am quickly

forgetting how

i never know

when i've said too much

and there are grounds

in my coffee

...