Water

I drank the water that you gave me without saying a word
It burned going down my throat and made me sick afterwards, but I still said nothing
I couldn’t say anything
The liquid you served made me feel like my lips were sewn shut
I felt like if I tried to speak, I would just hurt myself even more
I tried day in and day out to pry my mouth apart
But to no avail
Then one day, it magically came undone
I said all the things I had wanted to say for so long
And I was right
It injured me to the point I could no longer move
I was pinned down by my own emotions
But the rivers that I spoke turned into oceans
And I had caused a tsunami
A wave so big it tore down our home
All the things that I had known
Were gone
But I wasn’t sad
I was happy that all the years I had spent trying to pry my mouth open paid off
I had gotten what I wanted
Freedom from polluted water
Freedom from drainage pipes and sewage tunnels
Freedom from all the trash circulating in my lake
I was as pure as rain water falling directly from the sky
I was in my house looking into my own eyes
But sometimes
I still wonder why
What did I do to deserve the garbage
I put up with it for so long and now it has left me in a permanent drought
But I will still search for rain
With all this pain that’s in my brain
You think of me crazy
You call me insane
I Walk through a desert trying still to remain