mouth mantra

my throat was stuffed

my mouth was sewn up

banned from making noise

i was not heard

remove this hindrance

my throat feels stuck

i was not allowed

i was not heard

there is vocal sadness

i was separated

from what i can do

what i'm capable of

need to break up

vicious habits

do something

i haven't done before

in vow of silence

explore the negative space

around my mouth

it implodes

black hole

with jaw fallen in

in fallen jaw

jaw fallen in

i am not hurt

this tunnel has enabled

thousands of sounds

i thank this trunk

noise pipe

i have followed a path

that took sacrifices

now i sacrifice this scar

can you cut it off