Tongue-tied

Talking has become 

too complicated 

for me, 

conversational situations run 

through my head;

I fill with

"What-if-I-said-this?" until 

I am left with 

only a cacophony of silence, 

and I say 

nothing at all. 

Even now I 

am stumbling across 

these words, 

trying to sort out 

thoughts and imagery and 

apologies. 

I hope you don't mind 

that I'm not quite all there 

right now,

I don't mean 

to be ignoring or 

passing you off
with silence and monosyllabic
answers,

but lately I've been staying quiet 

because my mind 

is so loud 

that my language has become 

undone.