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Mar 2018
They told me to speak
I told them I couldn't
and so I wrote.

They told me to scream louder
I told them I wouldn't
I'd rather let my words cut deeper.

They told me I wouldn't fit in
I told them it was fine.
Cause I preferred keeping it real

They asked me about language
I told them I spoke only one:
Art
At times muteness isn't just biological but unlike the real disease this one has an actual medicine: poetry, art
Shimwa Augusta
Written by
Shimwa Augusta  15/F/Rwanda
(15/F/Rwanda)   
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   John Stevens
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