Silence

When words are not enough
The silence is safer
Into the languid pool
I will slip to keep the peace
Lest my words 
again slip
Like frightened sheep
Baying in the wind
Lost again
On the patterns
That come undone
At the quick slip
Of the tongue 
And the noises we utter
Cut deep like knives
Silence is safer
For when I speak
I watch the whole world 
slip away
From me
So, I bide my time
While I hold my tongue
And wait
For the misheard word
To fly from the minds
Of they that hear
Silence is safer.