When I raise my voice

Some say I’m too loud

Some say they they’re disappointed

That the things I say are

Violent

Intolerant

I am very tolerant

Just not towards intolerance.

I am very patient

Just not with ignorance.

My voice is one that has been silenced for too long

And I won’t let it be quiet for another generation

My voice is not about being right

or making you wrong.

My voice wants to raise awareness.

make the unseen seen

the unheard heard.

My voice speaks for those

who are hushed more

Who can’t be heard

who are violently silenced.

My voice is not a weapon.

My voice is

love.