Flowing rivers of yesterdays Swirling into numbing tomorrows My spoken word now silent Tongue coated white An abscess invades my throat Lying like a stranger Strangling my vocal chords My mind adrift A rollercoaster of emotions Ignite my world Leaving me

Flowing rivers of yesterdays
Swirling into numbing tomorrows
My spoken word now silent
Tongue coated white
An abscess invades my throat
Lying like a stranger
Strangling my vocal chords
My mind adrift
A rollercoaster of emotions
Ignite my world
Leaving me stripped bare
All loves lost
Locked away in a cage behind my ribs
Like a slow caterpillar
Drowning in layers of earth
Devoid of oxygen
Silently suffocating