Silent Cry
I cry but you don't hear
I'm silent but I still have tears
I hear other kids make noise
But I'm not like those girls and boys
I can't make the sounds they make
You see, because I have a trach
My cries come out just as air
My voice, it just isn't there
The trach is below my vocal chords
My cries don't make it past them anymore
They escape without making a sound
Because my vocal chords they don't go around
If I cry real hard my heart goes fast
My monitor beeps and mom knows that
I need something, perhaps a hug
To be held, to eat, or for a song to be sung
My emotions only in my eyes
For I only have my silent cry
