My words are clumsy

They trip and they stumble

Lay heavy like boulders

And in football, they'd fumble

Sometimes they may flow

Like the ocean, in waves

Or crash like tsunamis

Wreaking havoc for days

They let out to much

Or nothing at all

They make me seem bitter

They make me look small

They cut and they bruise

And they carry bad news

When I reach for a hand

They build up a wall

I can't understand me

It's crazy, I know

That the things that I think

My mouth can't echo

For my mind, it is screaming

It wants to be known

But I shut up and swallow my words.