The words
At the tip of my tongue
ready to burst
if needed

But then the eyes bear
and from the tip they travel
down
       down
             down
Uncertainly settling in my stomach

"What's wrong?"
"Cat got your tongue?"
And they come back again
they do
      (those words that cant seem
      to stay still)

They crawl up my throat
suffocating me
And then the words in my head
join in too

I cant breathe
    I cant breathe
       I. Cant. Breathe.
My eyes scream
      "HELP ME"
but they ignore
and instead their eyes scream back
l a u g h t e r

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                               ­           D I S A P P E A R

and by some miracle
they do...

no
not a miracle
i soon realize
but out of b o r e d o m
out of d i s s a p o i n t m e n t

and thats when the words
                  (that cant seem to stay still)
finally leave my mouth
in a whisper


they say
       "im sorry"