Simply Ask

[silencespeaks]

A thousand words run through my head,
yet not a single one is said.
After awhile I'll speak at last,
but if you cared you'd simply ask.

Instead I choose to keep my peace,
and instead let the silence speak.
You barrel on with quickening pace,
while I nod and smile to fill the space.

A thousand words whirl through my mind,
but to interrupt would be unkind.
In the end I may speak at last,
but if you cared you'd simply ask.

Slowly in your words I've drown
and realize that you're winding down.
As I prepare to open up,
I realize that my mind has shut.

No more words are there to find,
but you don't seem to mind.
Maybe someday I'll speak at last,
but if you cared, you'd simply ask.

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This is as rough as it gets- I know there are some major revisions needing to be done, particularly to finish it off.

[dramasnot6]

It's a nice poem, well-structured and a good rhyme scheme. You might want to vary your vocab a little, some word repetition in a few stanzas like Instead...Instead in stanza 2 made the read less engaging.