have you ever wondered

have you ever wondered

what happens to dreams

that we leave behind,

unaccomplished, unachieved, lonesome

dreams that we leave when we die?

have you ever wondered

what happens to the words

we write on paper, 

unspoken, unread,

when we throw them into the wastebasket?

what about the words

we almost said

but we bit our tongues

because we were too afraid to utter them

and of their consequences.