Astounded

My mouth--
It's like all of my
words that went unsaid were just
wrung out and all
that was left was my
saliva, bittersweet and
milky
Fermenting in my stomach walls
It stings so much I need to shout--
clogging up my airways and I
cough and cough but they
won't
come
out

Criss Cross

Sometimes the strength it takes to hold a gaze
Rivals that of any strenuous;;
activity.
Yes, fear
dominates pain.
violet sky
swirls above and a thousand things could go
wrong
dignity and life
o
ppo
sites.
yes violet sky
swirls above and the lightning strikes
all around us
when will it hit
?
==charged
Billions of paths crisscross in
the air invisible but you can
hear them if you look closely enough at the
interlocking
eyes
And sometimes I feel like my path is all alone like
everyone else has
yes voilet sky
eye
lightning
tar and also
there was a cloud
but--
the lock is the
key