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No Need to Speak

June 22, 2023
By buljes03 BRONZE, San Antonio, Texas
buljes03 BRONZE, San Antonio, Texas
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Dust crawls up with the sun

to create a 

crawl space of a person. 

So hard to get into, even worse inside.

born with no voice,

frighteningly calm.

Tearfully joyful.

Her mouth refused to open,

though the look in her eyes made 

everyone speak,

without a limit.

She listened

unresponsively.

The words crawled into her skin, she felt it all.

Every stab,

Every jab.

They left no wounds, only tender, damp cheeks.

Rays of sun shone through the cracks,

The wind blows the fresh specs of dust into the sky

away into the understandable unknown.


The author's comments:

How hard it is for everyone to expect you to listen when in reality, the inability to get that respect back disintegrates you.


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