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I Ate the Silence

I was a happy child
 Carefree, talentless, happy 
Jumping  around and singing tunes
 Tunes of bygone joy and unbridled dream

But they scorned me
 They mocked the child I was within 
They tried to make me like them
 Children whose child within was slain

But I persisted
 By God I persisted.
 I refused to sing only their tune 
Refusing the cocoon of their songs

But the scolding were gone and the whips came 
With each Whack, a memory flies away
 Heavy groaning and bitter tears litter the courtyard 
Croaked voice and battered mouth

As each day passes, the singing becomes lower
 Till I started humming their tune
 Then I stopped altogether
 Leaving only the silence as my precious dinner.

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