Mute

My voice is failing me

The words stay stuck in my throat

I'm choking on them

The scream behind them is too loud 

The pain it's trying to voice too sharp

If I start to talk I think it will shred my vocal cords to bits 

Like a knife through paper, again and again 

Endless agony until my breath runs out

And I find that my voice has failed me 

Because it cannot encompass what I'm feeling 

So what would even be the point of trying anyways