Wrapped in silence's cloak

My heart wears a heavy weight

Loneliness my guard.

Words flee from my lips,

Silence reigns supreme inside,

No one to confide.

Mouth sewn by fear's thread,

Lonely thoughts hold my mind's eye,

A captive of doubt. 

Too scared to be alone,

But too scared to speak my heart,

Emptiness endures. 

Walls of silence loom,

Echoing my inner thoughts,

Self-imposed stillness.

The fear of my voice,

Inhibits true expression,

Loneliness persists.

A prisoner of fear,

locked in my own mind's chaos,

Words never take flight.

A heart full of words,

Silenced by my own shadow,

Loneliness lingers.

My mind's voice quieted,

Loneliness fills the silence,

Tears flow in secret.

Trapped in my own fear,

Lonely yet never alone,

Words forever trapped.