Verbal Filter Glow up
I glow and I grow
everyday
a new way
when I was young
I had no filter
a slip of the tongue
too common
many things just came out
I would make a joke,
evoke laughter and smiles
but I never thought
before I spoke
sometimes my words caused
more harm than good
now I'm more woke
and speaking with a filter
is a bit more familiar
still, sometimes a few things
slip out of my mouth
but it doesn't end up as south
as it used to
it was clear that I had grew
when I was about to say something
just a bit beyond woo-woo
but I stopped myself right there
it's better to keep that inside
I knew
as a kid I really
had no clue
what to do
when crazy ideas came about
that I wanted to share
until one day I learned how to
close my beak
I realized it’s best
to think
before I open my mouth
and speak
without a blink
now I save my weird words, thoughts
and ideas
for poems on paper
where I can edit and tweak
before I let them leak
I knew I was growing up
when having a filter
I was starting to seek
the words came to my mouth
but I kept them in my cheek
to later spill on the paper
before a major mistake
that would make
heads shake
and conversations break
now I’m seventeen, a bit older and wiser
then the days I would speak the words
best left
for poems on paper