without my voice— I feel weaponless.
Perhaps they silence you
because they know
your voice is a powerful
weapon. Perhaps
they snatch your voice
away,
or deem it less-
important than the others’
because if YOU had a voice,
it would blow them all away. Perhaps
they are afraid of everything
you could say.
So they do their
ever-best to chase
your voice
away.
Please speak out anyway.

