October 29, 2023

I am the one who feels like an outcast.

Silenced and alone from the rest of the herd, I feel like I don’t belong and no one gets me.

Scared to speak up and afraid of backlash, I would rather be small and still to keep the peace than take sides or speak with conviction. The latter is too much disruption inside me for my body to bear.

Stunned and silenced, I feel safer alone and frozen or in my own pool of ongoing tears.