And now I’m taking back my VOICE
“NOW I’M TAKING BACK MY VOICE”
By quieting me all you did is teach me to get louder.
You know what happens to a screaming baby? They’ll scream and scream until eventually they get really quiet and learn that nobody’s coming. Then they learn to survive on their own. But if you do it too long, the screams get louder from deep inside - so loud they start to leak...and still if no one comes they get louder...
I’ve been doing all the work between the lines you’ve left me in alone!
Having to ignore the words and study the patterns! And I’ve finally put it all together!!
I’ve lived my life between the lines - on the highways, in your gaslighting, marginalized in your system!
Now I’ve found my voice!
I’ve finally found it!!
And there are people who WILL listen!
And I’m about to get really fucking loud because I haven’t been able to use it in 37 YEARS!
Your actions tried to teach me not to apologize for the wrongs you commit, but instead I’m learning not to apologize for being right!
You tried to call me cruel for sticking up for myself but I finally grew up - it just took me a while to put all my words together while you were silencing me or yelling at me!
I was crying in my crib all by myself my entire life. And nobody would listen! And I got louder! And they told me they loved me and that’s why they gave me away! And then they loved me so much they kept sending me away or told me to go fuck myself! And my “mother” told another mother they regretted adopting me! And they wouldn’t go to therapy WITH me because “they weren’t the ones who were fucked up!”
FUCK YOU - THAT’S NOT LOVE.
Love shows up.
Love does the really hard stuff WITH YOU.
LOVE SPEAKS THE TRUTH.
AND TRUE LOVE FINDS ITS WAY BACK BUT ONLY IF YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH FIRST.
America tries to fix trauma with more trauma.
And NOW WE HAVE RIOTS AND HATE. But the only way to fight it is with THE TRUTH and then you heal it with LOVE.
#imspeaking If social media is the only way you’ll listen, then social media is what you’ll get. 