Finding Your Voice

Care for your voice,

for it speaks

of your truth,

defends your wisdom

and understands the

language of Heart.

Uncage itby knowing what keepsit silent.Send it down the minesthat lay before you, those damp, dark placeswhere you would otherwiseperish under conditionsof quietness.Let it speak of your worth, and give sound to your soul.Let it leave its place of shynessburied deep in the deafening belly,set it free to fly over the mastand forge refuge ahead;for your wordswill precedeall actsand manifestall dreamsand become the changeall others repeat.Convince yourselfof them first, before you offer their weight to others.Sharpen your voice daily,on knife’s tip of ‘no'but soften it toowith quiet prayerand whispers of grace. Let your voicecut the wire, split the bark,crack the glassthat keeps you silent, and in fearof becoming an inconvenience. In fact, allow your voiceto be of such inconvenienceto others,that it begins to bethe most available valueyou can offer to yourself.