Sometimes you just have to write….

Sometimes you just have to write. Sometimes the words burn in you, pour out, demand to be heard. Sometimes that’s all there is between you and screaming.

She spoke
When they demanded her silence
She fought
When they pressed her to give up
She persevered
When all was stacked against her
She rose
She rose
She rose
And she stood for us all
Spoke for us all
Until
Death enfolded her
In velvet wings
Silent, still
But in the stillness
The silence
Stand
Stand
Rise up
RISE UP
Raise up
Your voice to fill
the stillness
the silence with
Fierce songs
Resilience
Persistence
Hope

-Pamela A. Wolff, 18 September 2020