Loudly Quiet

I stayed quiet 

The weight of my thoughts 

Not only burdened my mind 

But weighed down on my lips 

Bang! Shutting them shut

Shut and stuck like a jammed door 

Perhaps like a paperweight 

On a piece of paper 

If you tear paper, nothing full can be written 

Neither can be torn lips go beyond whispers 

Creaks and sighs, wrinkles and cries 

But no words Escape, none of the real significance anyways. 

Reality is rather trapped, helplessly, inside my throat 

I stayed quiet on all those days 

And I will stay quiet 

For even after the weight is gone 

For I will have forgotten how to talk