Biting My Tongue

Out there
I'm  alive
Lively jive
In here
My voice is
Failure to thrive
Biting my tongue
Swallowing even the
Smallest opinion
Biting so hard
I bleed inside
Tasting my own blood
Bottle everything up
Until the cork pops
My screams
Echoing off the
Dusty walls
Curl my tongue
Back in
Bite down harder
Again.