If you can speak up?
Speak up. And speak loud.
Some of us have laryngitis.
Some of us, too proud.
Some of us, afraid, uncertain.
Some of us, no words
but searching
for a way to express
the niggling in our chest.
So when you appear,
giving voice to a recognized fear,
you speak up for you
but if in your truth I share,
you speak up for me, too,
making the journey of healing
a shared affair.
So, if you can speak up?
Taking a step towards healing?
Humanity benefits
when all share in that feeling.
If you can speak up?
Speak up. And speak loud.