Wake up and smell the carbon monoxide

Use less

I want to speak
But it's midnight
I am silent
Lips sewn shut like a suture of a medical student
My eyes darting side to side

And There's a child
and I want to make them happy
and I want to make them smile
because no child deserves to frown

But too many cooks spoil the broth
Too many people are overbearing
And I want to speak
But I'm still
silent