Tongue (a little exhaggerated)
You want me to speak?
I stare at you aghast
You want me to say
Without the pressures of your tangling tongues
Too strong and rash to allow my way through this mass
So I can say, just what I may?
Well, I will tell you,
If you let me
So open your ears
Open your ears wide
Let me shout out, but please don’t hide
Dear Parent, Lover, Family friend
And classmate, teacher, roommate and best friend
What I wanted to say
Is that I am here, right now
I am listening
I am watching
I am relating
I am diffraction grating
I live in my mind
My eyes are the windows
My hands are my voice
This is how I maneuver it’s my choice.
But sometimes I want to say,
I WANT TO OPEN MY MOUTH
TO SPEAK THIS POEM OUT LOUD
SO I HOPE YOU ALLOW
I may forget my tongue, I admit that I do
But when I want to tell you something
I don’t want you to put me in the loo
Nor do I want to drown in the thrumming sea of pure sound
Just listen to you mumble
Just listen to that trash they let you say
At your may
Maybe it’s good
Maybe it lacks
But for heaven’s sake just give me a chance!