[b]<font color="green">Silence can be golden.
Especially when the thought is to complain
Or when your words can bring only hurt

We all learned as children:
if you can't say anything nice
don't say anything at all.

Be in that quiet place today,
and allow the mean-spirited thoughts
flow on by as if on a log in a stream
and thereby preventing any harsh
words from exiting your mouth

Allow the waters of upheaval to roll on by
and wait for the calm, serene
flow of peace to encompass you.