Close your eyes
Count to ten
Take a breath
Find a pen
Write it out
Let it loose
Don't get lost
In these woods
For one day
You might get stuck
Way too far
In the muck

It’s time to speak
To use the thing
Society tries to take from you
“To stop speaking is to stop being heard”
To stop being heard would mean we lost
We can’t surrender
If we lose, they take it
Use your voice
Wield it as a weapon
In the arsenal of nonviolence
Declare your freedom
Yell it out
It’s time to speak
Stand
For
Your
Rights
To quote the Dr. King
“Our lives begin to end
The day we become silent
About the things that matter”
Once we quiet
They stop caring
They stop listening
They stop changing
We stop trying
It’s time to speak
Now is the time
Not tomorrow
Not next week
Not that day
So far in the future
We can’t even imagine
It’s not up to our children
To start our battle
It’s up to us
All it takes is three words
We
Deserve
More
The time is now
Speak