Silence, unbearable, is overthrown,

A flaccid tyrant no longer

Granted reign to oppress.

 –

Power explodes,

Forcibly shredding the gag.

An unstoppable flood of soul sound

Gives voice to deep turmoil, while

Cauterizing a fleshy exit.

 –

I do not want them to stop, these words,

But the gift of their release comes in

A package wrapped with pain.

 –

Waves of emotion

Crash into me, suck me under,

Toss me about and

Pull me into depths denied.

Panicked and grasping for solidity,

Exhilarated and desirous of expression,

I ride the waves as best I can…

For fear of the drought.