Censored

in the hospital by the slow drip
flooding her with various
psychotropic and medicinal fluids
that keep her
silent

by the arguments
of those he respects so much
that even when he thinks they are
dangerously wrong he
remains mute

by himself
distributing his anxieties
throughout his opinions
until they are so soggy with his doubt
that they choke

Suppression is everywhere
and it needs no jackboots
to spread
It can come softly or even 
sprout and cover us from within