listen first

I'm sorry for being all lips and no ears

unsolicited advice is being
given medicine we didn't ask for

we hand out wisdom
to anyone who has
trembling lips 
like it's a car wash coupon

I am guilty of this 
all of the time

  I think I know how to
help you to sew your wound
shut with the needle and stitch
of my babbling ego

instead of just holding your hand

  I'm sorry if I have been
all lips…