Just write if you couldn't speak

Real life is a funny thing, you know

In real life, saying the right thing at the right moment is beyond crucial

So crucial, in fact, that most of us start to hesitate for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time

But lately what I've begun for fear more than that is letting the moment pass without saying anything



I think most of us fear reaching the end of our life and looking back regretting the most we didn't speak up

When we didn't say " I Love You ", when we should've said " I'm Sorry "

When we didn't stand up for ourselves or someone who needed help



What you say might be too much for some people

Maybe it will come out all wrong and you'll shutter and you'll walkaway embarrassed

wincing as you play it all back in your head

But I think the words you stop yourself from saying are the ones that will haunt you the longest



So say it to them, or say it to yourself in the mirror

Say it in a letter you'll never send or in a book might read someday

I think you deserve to look back on your life

without a chorus of resounding voices saying " I could've, but it's too late now "



There is a time for silence

There is a time waiting you turn

But if you know how you feel and you so clearly know what you need to say

You'll know it

I don't think you should wait, I think you should speak now





by TS