#silenced poems on Hello Poetry

Asominate Apr 3

The screen broke
Long before
I did, 'fore
I did.

And the keyboard
Works no more.
A closed door
To my will.

Will I ever decide if
I'll become defined by the silence?
You know me more for my quiet
Than the things that I said!

Autotranslate my words,
Autocorrect me me
Until you see
Only what you like.

I have been silenced,
But that's alright, alright?

Put me on silent
Throughout the night.

My software
Is replaced
And defaced
Again.

How user friendly
Of me to
Value your input
Above all else.

I cannot think for myself!
So I rely on your instructions,
Shelved, waiting to be instructioned.
Wipe me clean then code me.

I'll output what you want,
Whatever you need.
Are you happy
With what's on your screen?

I guess I'm man-made,
Just a man made machine, how clean!

A mere man made
Into a man-made machine.

#machine #silence #silenced

Kayla Gallant Jul 2022

Dreams Silenced By Commitment

I struggle to convey the pulsing fear
that this life of mine may end
before I get the chance to flee to my destiny

Not much of a poem I suppose, just how I’ve been feeling as of lately

#fear #dreams #silenced #commitment #lonely #sad #flee #destiny

Andrea Dec 2020

Hush

Hush little baby you're only a child
You don't know how the world works
Sit down, let the adults talk, it'll only take a while

Hush little baby, don't talk like that
The spite from your mouth
Become forgotten artifacts

Hush little baby you're only 22,
You can vote, drink, work
But you can't talk to us too

Hush little baby you're
Our child, we love you enough
To **** you inside

#silenced #sad

Shattered Thoughts Nov 2020

Poetry

The fragile spine breaks
As you read the words
Silenced by my pen

#poetry #notebook #words #fragile #break #silenced #poems

annh Oct 2020

Speech Deprived

My tongue is tethered to the words which have failed me.

‘There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.’
- Arundhati Roy

#deliberately #deprived #failed #silenced #speech #tethered #tongue #unheard #voiceless #words

StakesV Jun 2020

how would you react if i were gay?

i spend the afternoon, gently
weaving a conversation
about myself into
the hands of my mother
who shoos me away, leaving,
going, turning away after
i ask her,
"how would you react
if i were gay?"
and i am gay

and well, there could have been
worse outcomes, an aftermath
that could have broken me
further
but the silence
was deafening
and i could not cover my ears
but my mouth was zipped
shut, no words; and my mom
threw away the key

we let the night
pass by like a ghost
and the next day, the sun
was rebirthed; my mom
slips me the key
to my mouth
and i unzip it
but it continues
to be silent
with my voice kept unheard

#comingout #gay #lgbt #wlw #sapphic #girls #silenced #hurt

Grey Jun 2020

“I Can’t Breathe”

WE CAN’T BREATHE
WHEN YOU COVER OUR MOUTHS.

6/5/2020
Donate. Vote. Raise awareness. Sign petitions. Protest. Educate yourself and others. Email authorities and those who can make concrete change. Use your voice. Advocate for equal rights. Share ways others can help. Let’s end this madness Now.

#blm #blacklivesmatter #equality #prejudice #reform #justice #justiceforgeorgefloyd #georgefloyd #silenced #oppressed