Language of Communication

This is the language that I was taught ___ _This be the language I’ve known_

My speech has been bent by rules and disguised by grammar ___ _My voice rasps plagued by principles and twisted in societal assimilation_

A voice ___ _A soul_

Is forged on the foundation of united structure ___ _Is flattened by the smith’s hammer striking iron_

Matures with experience in the craft ___ _Suffers trapped in the shadow of experience_

Opens windows of opportunity ___ _Closes doors of open thought_

I once knew the sound of the voice inside my head ___ _At one point my speech could be understood_

But now it whispers ___ _But now it screams_

This be the language I’ve known ___ _This is the language that I was taught_

My voice rasps plagued… ___ _My speech has been bent…_

Now _I_ communicate _neither_ ___ _And_ I _express_ so _much_ more.