Up to you

There are things I see and know deep within

Truths that emerge from my heart

Trying to break the surface of the skin

Of consciousness

You tell me to keep this all within

Because to you it is a knife

That could cause some strife

But then I remember the poet who said

The knife was used to

Cut things to bring them together

Rather than cause

A separation

And yet I understand

It is not for me to force you to face

Any painful truth

That really is ultimately

Up to you