Wordless Wednesday (figuratively speaking, of course)

No Words

looking at me as if my mouth just broke
you already spoke
your piece
so now you wait for me
to speak mine
i'm trying to find
the right words to express
my distress
or happiness
or whatever it is that i'm feeling
but i can't concentrate if
you're gonna stare

so you just sit there
while my words flutter elsewhere

somewhere searching for themselves

knocking down emotions that have been

carefully placed on shelves

inside my mind's cage

i used to think i was brave

until now

i tried to begin

but i can only exhale

if words were arms

all they would do is flail about

because they're doing everything

but coming out

of my mouth

i'm struggling to verbalize
the flicker you see in my eyes
and the trembling in my thighs
trying to downsize the whys
so i can at least tell you what
but...
...nevermind

explanations are for the birds

sometimes there are no words