you can either be silenced
or blindfolded
holding back your screams
and tears -
barbed wire around your throat
every time the world doesn't
shift right around the soles
of your shoes
being blindfolded -
you can't see how beautiful
the world shapes into winding roads
around footprints of
lovers, children, criminals, and dictators
becaused you're too stuck in
your own head,
holding back your screams and tears.
