Core

The silent scream

Fills my head

Larynx unable to

Shed vocal thrashes,

Inward and cerebral

A yell treats brain mass

Like dough

Kneaded yet unleavened

Zero rises given,

None felt behind my eyes

I am unsure the sound it Could

Would, maybe Should, make—

Outward narration deemed

Unworthy, of

Expulsion and energy,

A mental collar of earplugs

Sending waves through body, back

Towards superficial unrest

Earthen core warming


12.19.16