My Silence

What is it that plagues my mind?
It's so impossible to place,
The problem from within that doesn't make sense
yet it continues to haunt my every step,
sometimes diminished, other times frightful,
The shriek of loneliness so intense

What is it that burns my soul?
Though I don't show it, it's always there,
It eats at me, devours me piece by piece,
A cry for help that I can't find,
I'm the voice of the voiceless,
But for myself, I'm truly silenced

What is it that ties my tongue?
Keeps me barren to the watching eyes
Afloat, adrift in the madding crowd,
I have nothing left for myself,
But I still carry this hope,
For others, I continue to scream out loud

Soon there'll be nothing left of me,
A shell fast fading into ash,
As if i never existed on my own,
Fighting a fight that was never mine,
Will I fade without ever finding
someone to scream for me?