Tightened silence

~Mirc~

I want to scream,

I want to yell.

But I sit here,

And make no sound.

There’s nothing to say

When you’ve been let down,

Shut down so many times.

You just sit and watch

As the hours fly by.

I want to make a sound,

But nothing comes out.

I stay silent through it all,

Even though I want it all to fall.

I don’t want to be quiet.

I want to scream—

To break the silence,

To tear the seam.

Tear it to pieces so I can be seen.

But no sound escapes.

I’m choking on words.

I want them to hear,

I want to be heard.

So they can know my hurt.

The hurt I feel daily without saying a word.

Yet there’s a noose around my neck.

If I speak, it only tightens.

Tightens so tight I can’t breathe.

So I sit silent and try to see

If anyone notices the pain in my eyes,

The stories I bury,

The truths I hide.

The truths that will never come out.

But everyone passes by,

Without a glance of an eye.