CANT LET GO

Like a rain cloud

that won't let go

of its shower,

I dwell in a constant state

of suppressed expression.

With a bitten tongue

and clenched fists,

I'm entangled in the chains

that keep me bound

within myself.

My voice remains

on paper alone

articulating itself

only through my pen.

I fear that my words

will fall like acid rain,

or like raindrops into an ocean.

I fear they will be like

droplets upon the desert earth,

delivered only to evaporate

into nothingness.

like a rain cloud

dark with a steadily building storm

yet passing by

without even a hint of rainfall,

I can't seem to let go.