I stood by waiting for my turn. I stood and I opened my mouth. There was silence I had prepared for my tale and prepared for a while. I had endured more pain that anyone can realize. There was still silence I was about to start, when someone stopped me. He told me that I had no say. He told me that I had no right. I was silent I listened to him speak, about how nobody should listen to me. I watched as he got up and left. Then everyone else started to leave. And I myself, had walked out last. Bewildered, I was silent But why? Why was I not allowed to speak? What made it so I should be oppressed? Why does my opinion be second-handed, while another's is prime. I ask myself this and realize that it is I. If I cannot stand for my voice, then I should not have a voice at all I will not be silent.