UnCaged Whispers
Dec 21, 2021
There is so much to say
Skyscrapers of words
Valleys of stories
Vistas of possibility
A life craving witness
A soul found
I open my lips to connect beyond this safe solitude
Momentarily certain of universal resonance
While fearing a mirage
Surely I’m not alone?
Frozen behind injustices
Emboldening them with my silence
Shaking fingers hover over sturdy keys
Form a thought
Type a word
I pause
A whisper flutters out from behind rusty bars
Two guards instantly appear
Shame, and Fear
Guns aiming, loaded
Menacing eyes
My conditioned fearful heart pounds
The whisper obediently returning to her cage
There is so much to say
Skyscrapers of words
Valleys of stories
Vistas of possibility
A life craving witness
A soul found
And a roaring bravery
Rising.
