Myriad

There are things in life that we choose not to talk about.
There are things in life that we choose not to see.
There are things I refuse to believe will affect me.
There are those who just won't let a man 'be'.

If I was more of a man I could speak the truth.
If I was more of a man I could tell you.
If I was more of a person who listened.
I'd be more of a person who knew.

Silence is where I live now.
It's all quiet in my mind.
Wondering what lays ahead for me.
Is there someone in kind?

Is that what I was meant to be?
Is that how it's supposed to go?
Is there some other way out for me?
Or must it always be so?