There’s a buzzing in her ears

She gulps

The sound echos through her body

Her mind is so loud

But she can’t vocalize a single thought

Her mouth opens

Closes

Opens

Closes

The thoughts seep down the back of her neck like chemicals into soil

They wrap around her throat like roots of an old tree, tangled and rotted

They branch into her chest and create a cage

Her body is filled with dirt

She’s screaming, but the sound is absorbed by the packed earth

Her thoughts bury her alive

Let us take a moment of silence