Finding the voice

It grows within my heavy frame,
With nowhere left to go,
A burning heat, an inner flame,
A heart that hurts below.

​The tears can never find their way,
My throat can barely speak,
The headaches cloud my mind today,
And silence offers leak.

​And yet, the words now find my hands,
The writing starts to flow,
Unsure at first of where it lands,
It soon begins to grow.

​A breach is opened in the wall,
My sorrow breaks its bound,
It’s almost like I hear a call,
A clear and gentle sound.

​And yet the noise is still held back,
No words can reach the air,
The shadows rise in deep attack,
With fury and despair.

​Then angels come to walk with me
And bring a sudden light,
So for a moment I am free
From darkness and the night.

​With tenderness, the hours pass,
My voice begins to clear,
The light becomes a friend at last,
And gently draws me near.

​I find new friends along the way,
Who know the pain I bear,
They give me strength to stand and say
The truth we come to share.

​The sentences begin to fly
And take me higher still,
The tears fall softly from my eye,
And wash away the chill.

​For now I truly want to speak,
To tell the path I trod,
To find the answers that I seek
Beneath the open sky.

​The light is shining all around,
I step into the sun,
No longer hidden, trapped, or bound—
The silence is undone.

​My voice is out, it rises high,
Unstoppable and clear,
It echoes through the open sky
For all the world to hear.

​No wall can hold me back today,
No jail can lock my mind.
I break the cage, I force my way,
And leave the dark behind!

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