NINETY-TWO
useless tongue

I would gladly swallow my tongue,
taste the bitterness of silence,
allow it to curl into the void
where words hold no meaning,
where my voice finds no will against
the barriers of life.

I would let it dissolve, grain by grain,
before I offered it to you —
to be sharpened into a weapon,
to be twisted into lies
or molded to fit your every want. 

Do you know what it is to sit in stillness so loud,
to carry the weight of an underlying scream
that refuses to leave?

I would swallow it whole,
let it bury itself beneath the marrow of my regret,
before I let it fall into your hands,
to be stolen, to be ripped apart,
to be yours. 

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 You can only pick one musician, one actor & one author to be entertained by for the rest of your life. Who do you pick? 
( Musician: Johnny Cash
Actor: Pedro Pascal
Author: Stephen King )

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