Tongue-Tied

A poem written by aspiring poet Fifi

I’ll take my tea the same hue as the 

Finch on the feeder,

And I’ll keep a life that sounds

Like voices muffled by a wall.

Looking out on this grey lawn,

Sometimes 

I wish 

I’d never have to say anything

At all.

I can hold silence 

And I can tolerate time.

But I could never quite find 

Words with the right rhythm or rhyme.

About the Writer: Fionnuala Murtagh is an 11th grader at Marblehead High School who’s trying to understand how to move her way through the years and deal with my emotions and experiences. She experiences grief in many of its forms, each one making her feel more turgid than the last. She loves to write because it allows her to put all of her being into the universe and no one has to see it unless she lets them.