Silence

Refusing to speak my mind
Its never quiet inside my head 
Trash piled on trash on trash upon trash
And then you burn it all
And breathe the fumes
It turned my skin inside out
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Corazon Avatar
June 6, 2010 at 9:48 PM
love the imagery in it. very creative. love it!
Brown Avatar
June 4, 2010 at 1:53 AM
I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup John. Wishing you the best in your writing endeavors. If you have questions please feel free to ask anyone here. We are all willing to help and if we don't know the answer we will find someone who does. Love, Carol
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