Silenced

I used to be so loud.
My emotions have always spoken volumes,
But now, I am silenced.
My words were tranquilized,
Put to sleep.
My emotions are now dormant,
Quiet as a mouse.
Sometimes i wonder if they are still there.
If my heart still beats,
Then why can I not hear it?
You snatched my entire life out of me.
You have stolen my heart,
The very reason I can breathe the air I breathe.
"Be careful",
I told you.
"You're holding the strings in your hands,
Please be careful"
You are the best puppet master I have ever known.
You are also the best actor.
To have played with not only the strings,
But my emotions as well.
I can feel the words crawling up my throat,
But why do they stop?
Why can I not tell you the very words I mean to say?
You have showed me who you are,
Yet I cannot speak on what you have shown.
For I have been silenced.
For I have been forgotten.

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