Chopped like onions.

I don’t often speak
in crowded places
as the opinions
drip out of mouths
and are chopped like onions
by the public mixers
provoking tears
as I hold in my thoughts
knowing my words
aren’t as strong
as the fumes of theirs
rather I stay quiet
and I keep it in
for moments that I feel are necessary.

Thanks for reading.
-Temperamentally Tina