Sounds of Silence

Too long silent

Lips sewn shut 

with threads spun of shame

buried

locked away

never to speak the name

But the silence screams louder

than the screams in my nightmares

and the words fight to escape 

their cages, hurling themselves 

against prison bars

I gag them back down
swallow hard

Speak now or

forever

hold your tongue.

inspired by The Sounds of Silence (1965) by Simon and Garfunkel

submitted for Poetic Bloomings, Prompt 16, Playing Favorites

and One Single Impression, Silence