I feel I have a choice

I try to raise my voice

Expanding in my chest

Emptiness and loneliness

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I open my mouth to words

That never come along

Heart beating with fear

Eyes containing my tears

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Is my brain melting?

Slipping uninterestingly?

Or is the past that taught me

That is not safe to speak up?

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A bird without its wings

Creativity in dismay

A home for somebody else

A stranger for myself

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Time slips, things change

Forgotten in the depths

Behind the smile on my lips

A hurricaine contained

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A touch, a caress, a kiss

My insides shake and squeeze

The words were never there

For as long as I can remember