by Adrienne D. Poole

Created on: December 17, 2008

I am screaming on the inside

Mouth wide, jaws stretched

My voice

Suppressed

My scream remains silent

Deep inside caught on corners

Of lungs and heart winding its way

Through tissues and cells slowed by

Arteries built up with sadness

Pushing forth with determination

Caught in throat like cold

Resting on scratched tonsils

Sandpaper raw

A bellow that is unheard

When my voice is released

It will bring forth the hurricane wind

Of blue emotion

Red anger

Green shame

Volcanic rumblings of hot molten regret

Fire and ash of hatred rumbling to the surface

As I open wide my tongue protrudes with effort

Pupils bulge with pressure

Foul stifled voices spilling forth

Breaking sound barriers creating

Waves, destroying untruths

When I scream pain

Glasses shatter and untruth is

Destroyed with one voice

I am screaming on the inside

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