Open Up Your Throat

It's about the power of communicating

Open up your throat, because that now is your role,

Should I stay, should I run, should I jump, should I go? 

Times almost up so you got to let me know,

So please, get a grip and just open up your throat.

Won't tell me, won't tell me, won't tell me, won't tell me, won't tell me,

then the answer's always no

Open up your throat, so your own world can grow,

you'll never be happy going with the flow,

I know it sucks, daddy's dumb, trying to tell you what you want,

So open up your throat so you can let him know.

closed lips, closed lips, closed lips, closed lips, closed lips,

your future never goes.

It's what you do,

How you pray,

The way you sleep,

the way you play,

You need to scrape your voice from the corners of your mind.

How you eat,

How you drive,

It's all just you,

deep down inside,

Just blast all that out so we can all see your vibe.

Author's Note

Review it. I'm interested.

Reviews

[AliciaB]

This is an intriguing poem. The choice of words in the phrase "open up your throat" is quite interesting. There are lots of different ways to say the same thing - "spit it out," "speak up," "talk to me," etc. - but this one, with the words "open" and "throat," seems to be simultaneously more painful and more personal. Though maybe that's just me... yay for poetry and openness to interpretation. :) I like the repetition of "won't tell me" and "closed lips", plus the line "then the answer's always no". All of these do a very good job of expressing the frustration behind this experience. The lines "I know it sucks, daddy's dumb, trying to tell you what you want, / So open up your throat so you can let him know" also speak to the frustration and pain of trying to help those we love, but being unable to do so because they close themselves and their needs off, causing them to become annoyed when we do try to help. Finally, the lines "Open up your throat, so your own world can grow" and "You need to scrape your voice from the corners of your mind" are powerful to me because they remind me of some of my feelings towards writing. Overall, a thought-provoking piece. Nice work!

[Dynafox]

Wow! Thank you for that absolutely wonderful analysis. A lot of people do poems about heart ache and I could do that quite easily, but I've been trying to come up with new yet still profound and relevant subject matters. I'm so glad you gained so much from it. The open up your throat, I was trying to illustrate talking in a phrase I never really heard.

[AliciaB]

You are most welcome! :)

[Matching Socks]

I like it.
Hard to speak our minds sometimes.
I can interpret this two ways. One good. One bad.

[Dynafox]

really? and how is the bad way? not offended just interested.

[Matching Socks]

These lines, to someone who has been abused could lead to thoughts of a father that is sexually abusive and controlling : (Since you asked)

I know it sucks, daddy's dumb, trying to tell you what you want,
So open up your throat so you can let him know.
closed lips, closed lips, closed lips, closed lips, closed lips,

Everything can be interpreted, I hope that you are not offended. It depends on the reader really.

[Dynafox]

not at all, I think it's cool you picked up on something that I as the writer did not.

[Matching Socks]

Someone once said something about the value being in the many interpretations or something like that. I really can't remember to be honest... Anyhow, good work!

[Dynafox]

Was it if you say a piece of writing is about one thing, your probably right, but if you say it's about one thing your probably wrong; even if you wrote it. ?

[Matching Socks]

That sounds right.

[Dynafox]

I think I told you that lol

[Matching Socks]

Yes you did. I just couldn't remember it exactly.

[Dynafox]

That's cute