I
Scream.
You hear the noise
But don’t understand the why
And I’m crushed under your weight—
Expectations, illusions, lies.
When was the last time we could say,
“We know everything—about the world, about each other.”
When was the last time we could say we knew anything at all?
When I cry, you laugh, and I shrivel inside
Unwatered, unloved, pushed aside.
I
Sit In Silence.
The noise builds inside me
Chokes my airways, lungs heavy with unspoken words,
Salt and sweat and so much ugly.
Cut me open, all the secrets I hide spill out,
Fill the pages of novels that you will never read,
Let them gather dust on shelves that never know life.
I
Scream.
You hear the noise,
But you don’t understand the why,
And you don’t try.