Silence You

Fighting fires, seeking a motive Leading into gallows flushed into rivers knee-deep You were searching for the right words but they all flooded out You summoned them all - call it redirect You wrestled to free yourself from the gathering weight Never had so little to say Words drain Cognitively bankrupt and oversaturated Your expression - an assault Self-worth shoved to the wayside Blood flows through, saliva begins to form Hang on your every word like jumping through broken glass The world fights to silence you You are your only survivor We can taste the salt of victory Wrap our arms around context We can speak it until it holds us I won't let go of the burden Let it shine on We can't see the end from here but we can reason about it We can draw a line around it