Half a million

Five hundred thousand words that were never spoken

now caught in my throat where they shall remain

until I can spit them out or swallow them

the bitter with the sweet.

Would it have made a difference 

if those words had rolled off my tongue 

through the air into your ear?

I think not .

You never would have listened 

you never would have heard

Five hundred thousand words .

Or even just One .

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~Lia