while asleep i cannot scream,
even when the darkness haunts me.
my throat is dry and i have lost my voice
of succumbing to silence.
when i wake my voice cracks
only in an effort to let out my shrieks.
and for what else does it say about me?
that in life i am so silenced
that in dreams i cannot scream.
Mar 4, 2018
Mar 4, 2018 at 1:06 PM UTC
while asleep i cannot scream,
even when the darkness haunts me.
my throat is dry and i have lost my voice
of succumbing to silence.
when i wake my voice cracks
only in an effort to let out my shrieks.
and for what else does it say about me?
that in life i am so silenced
that in dreams i cannot scream.
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