Silent Screams
Inside, deep inside right in the heart’s
core, I screamed and screamed, the
silent screams. They began in my toes
and went through my knees and my
thighs, growing in power, tingling into
my spine and all the way up to my
head where they fizzed and boiled
with the anguish of trying to get out.
Let me out! the screams said. Get
me away from this somehow – anyhow.
Just get me away. But there was no
way out for the screams.
In a matter of seconds I
had cut to set them free. Hidden
in the sudden spurt of blood the
screams flowed away as did the
anger and frustration that I was feeling.
I cried with relief.
Judy Russo, T.S.H.
Taken from The Cutting Edge archives