Mute
Mute
She bit her tongue until it bled
Leaving countless things left unsaid
Her thoughts she kept well contained
In her mind, they long remained
Her words always got stuck in her throat
Her feelings, she could not emote
She would always choke them down
Until on them, she began to drown
They weighed heavy upon her chest
The air in her lungs felt compressed
Ever time she tried to speak
Her chords trembled and grew weak
She was tired of being mute
Her voice, she no longer wanted to dilute
She wanted her own words to pass her lips
No more reading someone else's scripts
Though her voice quivered and began to crack
She spoke her truth, there was no turning back
-C.A. Saputo xoxo
Copyright © Christine Saputo | Year Posted 2019
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