Soundless

I am quiet most of the time

I just stare and blink



Trapped in a worldly observation

My words get frozen in a halt

My mouth opening



Then slowly closing

And I believe my thoughts are deadly



And there's probably a quarantine

Surrounding my lungs

Then people tend to ask me



"Why are you so quiet?"

I just smile and shrug



Because I don't know why

I am quiet most of the time

But my mind



My mind is l o u d

My mind is s c r e a m i n g

Screaming for release from confinement

To speak unspoken words

And to learn expression



I wish I weren't quiet

I wish I could share so easily



But emotions withhold themselves

And I am the one trapped



I don't know where to begin

Or where to start

Because my words



They get frozen in my muted mouth

In my swollen lungs