Mum’s the Word

I was just a girl

With a whole lot to say

But lips sewn tightly shut.

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You gave me a pen

And a scrape of waste paper

And the stitches fell away.

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Words flew

Bled

And oozed

Across the dirty, stained page.

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By the time I was done

I was undone.

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As I watched every surface

Slowly overrun with scribbles

I allowed myself to smile.

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For I was just a girl

With a whole lot to say

But lips sewn tightly shut

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Yet, till the time I have words

At my mercy

I’ll always find a way.

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