The Words I Cannot Speak

Sometimes when I feel lost, alone and hurt I write the words I cannot speak When I force myself to shut up And censor my true feelings I scribe the things I dare not say When I'm sad and no one wants to listen While they pretend they do not care, like I'm not there When I feel I'm about to go insane I write because it eases the strain My life is made simple in the words I write The pain transfers onto the paper I can't explain why it helps, why I do it But I know that I'll never stop When i'm alone, by myself I write the words I cannot speak When people criticize the way I live, The friends I make, even the classes I take And my emotions start to boil over I put pencil to paper When all else fails and I'm down for the count As hope disappears, and I'm on my knees When all else fails, I have my safety valve Once I write down how I feel The world begins to make sense Sometimes, when I hurt and cannot speak the words; I let the paper speak for me. I write the words I cannot speak Let my lines talk for me In verses that rhyme and sometimes don't In ways that others can't understand When people hurt me, and no one's around I start to feel better when I write the words down As I work and struggle to make ends meet I walk this road with my own two feet I try and I try, but I guess I never will Let the emotions out in words, instead of using the quill So for now, and for always I write the words I cannot speak