Screaming Silence
Have you ever felt like you wanted to scream so loud that everyone could hear?
And yet you were unable to form any words to fall upon one’s ear?
Trapped in silence while screaming loudly in your mind?
You feel truly invisible with no words to find?
That is how I felt for much of my life.
Misunderstood, alone, and in my mind constant strife.
Relationships felt hard because no one ever understood.
Try as hard as they wanted, they just never could.
It’s hard for others to know what’s inside when you don’t ever talk.
But how can you open up when you are put on the spot?
How do you tell them all the pain that you’ve felt,
Because life hasn’t been kind with the hand that it’s dealt.
“You’re hard to read,” I’ve heard many times.
No one can read between the lines.
Why would anyone understand what they’ve heard,
When I seldom can even form a word?
When it feels like no matter what you say is wrong,
The periods of silence just drag on and on.
So, for me I choose to write poetry,
With words everyone can see.
©2024 Stephanie Blomquist
