Yes, I Have a Thousand Tongues

Yes, I Have a Thousand Tongues - meaning Summary

Voice Stifled by Silence

The speaker claims to possess many voices yet finds them almost entirely unusable. Despite striving to speak, the single tongue available fails to produce sound or song, described as "dead in my mouth." The poem explores frustrated communication and the gap between inner expression and outward speech. It conveys a sense of impotence, isolation, and the anguish of being unable to make one’s inner life audible or understood.