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SILENCE IS BETRAYAL

January 27, 2021
By Grayson20 BRONZE, Vine Grove, Kentucky
Grayson20 BRONZE, Vine Grove, Kentucky
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Like sewn lips, they are quiet

Their voices gone like the memory of last week's dinner

Rights have been taken, but not forgotten

The silence is sickening

They've seized our voices

Crumbled and thrown them to waste

Our eyes, wet like our hair after a wash

But we rise, as a whole

As our king once said, our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter

We shall stand by that

The beating of drums in our ears quicken 

As our dreams weaken

But we must not let them win

Not now, not ever


The author's comments:

I wrote this piece for all those who are struggling for thier voices to be heard.


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