Mary Sarton: "I was halfway to silence when..."

I was halfway to silence when you opened your mouth
With words of negativity and lack of sympathy in mind
I was halfway to silence when I wondered if you had 
Ever tried on the shoes of another woman or man
I was halfway to silence when I looked at your face
And only saw that of the devil, smitten with shame
I was halfway to silence with my visions of you
Being taped from the mouth all the way down to your shoe
I was halfway to silence when I could not bear it any longer,
How I wondered how the world bore people like you inside
I was halfway to silence and therefore two inches from 
Kicking you in your guts and leaving you there to look dumb
I was halfway to silence when I realized that you are you
And my mouth and thoughts have other things to do