Tea

Speak your piece

Release

Until your sound waves

Hit my ears directly

I could not care less 

How you come at me

In willingly listening company 

You like the taste of my name

It’s no surprise

Roll her around on your tongue twice 

You’ve sampled this spice

A few times, I know,

Because I’m not afraid to share

My hands are shy,

My lips are not

They move constantly

Til all my truth lies bare

Heart stitched into cellophane sleeves

For full transparency 

Sometimes it takes a whip to be taught 

The difference between talking

And being heard

People just aren’t used to hearing about themselves

Sometimes they aren’t ready to receive the message

And that’s okay,

I’ve never spoken thoughts to backs

More than faces

And my door is always open

You got tea you wish to share

Something to wash from your hair

Come here,

and spill it