Your voice
it's what you are:
its nuances bear
your every joy
or scar-
'twas with you
since you were
a child
gathering
your first words
transformed
in your growing-up days
youth came
and then adulthood-
the same person
you've remained
but in every season
the voice
has witnessed change
in suffering
or joys

time rushes on
and in your last days
you'll hear
so intimately
what each word means
as conveyed
in your own
unique voice.