Shut up

Just shut up

I don't mean to hurt you with my words

Or make you feel like you cannot speak

But instead of being kind

I thought I'd be direct

Shut up

Don't speak when you don't know what you say

Don't express an idea that is more complex than you can dream

Don't try and seem important by association to a cause

Don't pretend

Don't assume

Just shut up

Listen

See

Witness

Experience

Know

You don't need to be the axle

Sometimes you're just the wheel

You don't have to be the catalyst

But just ride the wave of change

You don't need to be more than you are

You will learn soon enough

Shut up

These words hurt like a tonic

A sharp cure to a dull disease

Ignorance