I Will Shut My Mouth

 

I will staple my upper lip

And my lower lip together

When I offer a helping hand

To a fellow human

Walking through coals of hell.

I will not walk around

With my chest high

 And protruded

Bragging all over

Claiming that I was their oxygen

When they were drowning in misery.

I will ensure

That what my left ear knows

Will remain a mystery

To my right ear.

I will not bother

About those who are weird to me.

I will not sit idly

And start backbiting them.

I will let them

To be who they are.

I will not relish 

From talking

About other religions

Because I know

That if we were a Chinese colony

Everyone here 

Would be a Buddhist

And Buddhist temples

Would be littered all over.

I will glue my lips together

When I encounter the rainbow nation

Because I’m a scientist

And I’m aware

That our private parts

Do not determine

If we’re male or female.

I will always remember

That hormones do.

I will place a padlock

On the gate that lets words out

When I hear the illiterate

Condemning the ways of science.

I will remember instead

That science is divine

And that it’s the universal medicine

That eradicates all confusion

That many creeds yield.

I will always remember

That it’s what we’ve been endowed with

To uncover our purpose 

As humans.

I will keep my mouth shut

When I see people belittle others.

I will not cooperative

With those who demean

The small things

That others pour all their hopes into.

I will be watchful

With all my words.

I will be keen

On what uplifts others

And what deprives them

Of the human spirit.

I will keep my mouth shut

If my utterances 

Don’t resurrect

The dormant lion in others.

© Sea-Crab Poetry 

About This Poem

Words can be so powerful so we should be careful about their use. Correctly used words uplift others and change society in a positive way. On the other hand, words wrongly applied will damage the fabric of society. Poor use of words is reflected by gossip, gaslighting, intolerance and all manner of verbal vices. Get access to books and other items that spread this gospel contained in my poem from this link.