killer

one night i dreamt i were a tree

a tall tall tree, taller than all the others

i wanted to speak, wanted to scream

i wanted to be set free from my roots

 

but nothing came out when i tried to speak

and when i tried to scream, i realized

i hadn’t even a mouth to open in the first place

 

i cried tears of sap for hours

 

i morphed into myself again

sitting in your car like i was that night

watching you stand outside, smoking that long cigarette

i wanted to say it

wanted to say something

 

but again nothing came out

no matter how wide this mouth of mine opened

nothing came out

 

i hoped it would subside overnight

but i woke up the next morning without a voice

i gave it a few months

when nothing happened i realized, 

 

silence killed us

and we were too quiet to even notice