The Monster In My Tongue Poem by Yine Fai

Would you stand to hear
words coming from my
hidden stuff within?

Would you wait still
and listen to thoughts
from my deep deep heart?

Would you wait while i
close and blink my eyes
many times to say a word?

While i struggle with the
monster in my tongue
To say my thoughts

The neighbours laugh
and tell me it's ok,
some even push me away.

What will a stranger like
you do to me when my
words falters?

Would you do the same
or wait a thousand hours
To hear my heart.

My tone is sharp and my voice
is loud echoeing unto
a thousand mile

But my tongue is weak
shredding my words like
a child learning to speak.

Banishing me to the
cold wall of melancholy
and soliloquy.

Will you walk away
or wait a thousand hours
to hear my heart?