Silenced
I creep up behind myself
Forgetting I can stand
And I yell so loudly
That my voice just disappears
Smacked head on the counter top
As I trip over my shoes
My tongue is
Somehow
suddenly
Too large now for my mouth,
And the words I know, stumble about-
And
Can’t quite
find their own way out
Bloody lipped
Chapped
And sore
I'm embarrassed
I couldn't take on more
I wipe the stains off of the floor
And I look up at the ceiling
I'm pretending somehow
Some what
That this argument
Knows reason
I choke back air
And teach myself
The very easy act of breathing
And count down to ten
To steady against
This bodies act of treason
Ground
Floor
I am here
As I've been before