Denied voice

"I must crawl out of my skin or I must throw a torch in...."

denied voice

I am mute, I am mute,
I am mute –
there are no stars.

bound by laws
(they never cease),
bound by silence
(it only increases).

we cannot let this song
bleed out silently in the dark
(like a woman) 

I must crawl out of my skin
or I must throw a torch in;
there is no staying, within,
locked in there are no stars.

oh, it’s at that point
where the tides are rising….
interminable pause, 
while they take our rights again

and I’m left
standing behind myself
in silence watching;
everything I know is true
they call wrong.

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