Strangled screams and hopeless pleas
Carefree songs and righted wrongs
Every cry, every wish
Not one breath is worth the risk
So all remain unspoken
The weight of words
Is a hefty load
A speech unheard
A story untold
They press on the shoulders
And they shake your fragile bones
Just when you think it’s over
The words turn to stone
It must be getting close
You can’t carry any more
This is nothing that you chose
An unused throat so very sore
But the stones keep on pelting
And your lungs fill to the brim
Your heart has stopped beating
And the words are in your skin
You’re bursting at the seams
With the ugliest of truths
Jagged edges cut you clean
And the words, they take your youth
You cough up broken promises
And choke on well-intentioned lies
The words, becoming prominent
Are stuck between the lines
Don’t let them hear your call
Sew closed your rebel lips
Once you start, they’ll hear it all
They’ll throw their stones and sticks
Every plan that you hold close
Every dream you dare to believe
Every thought that ebbs and flows
Not a single one will leave
They will keep you up at night
They will leave you feeling broken
It will use up all your might
To leave the words unspoken