Frozen

Frozen

and these are the scars
you'll never see,
that silence carved on me...

and I wonder why I continue
to be paralyzed
choking on the words
unsaid

and what if I could sing
instead of listening
to the screaming
in my head

and I've tried to only hear
the music playing
in a heart that beats
with fear

and when the lyrics
lost their beat
and the rhythm wasn't
loud enough
to save me from the night

wide awake
beneath the black
I gasp for breath
and beg for light

Angela Minard 2009©