SILENCE

 

I have learnt to stay silent

For I heard them say silence

Whispers of wondrous wisdom.

That silence simmered in strength

Silence offered obedience

All beautiful virtues

I sought to embrace

But silence brought me disgrace.

 

I have learnt stay silent.

Because my voice,

I learnt, demanded

I should have a choice

On the decision made

In rooms I was not permitted to see

In spaces which I was not supposed to be

With people who would spun my plea

So silent I must be

 

I was forced to stay silent

As inviolable rules were inscribed in my heart

When my dreams were torn apart

When words frothed with thoughts I abhor

Because my gender didn't fit their agenda.

So they sought to have me shrink

And accept all they would think

I was forced to stay silent

Because my generation

They said

Lacked information

While the brandished their arrogance

At my perceived ignorance

Demanded I be quiet

Or I’d bite a bullet

For my truth

Was considered uncouth

 

I was forced to stay silent,

While vile beings violated my being.

Degraded me to just another thing

Their gleeful grins glinting with greed

As they thought I wouldn't decry their dids

Silent I will be no more

 

Silent I will be no more,

I will speak till I scar your souls

I will break down the door that barred me entry

Spill the words that lied so gently

Speak my truth plainly.

My voice is rife with my rights

So I will speak

To break the silence