I have a voice, I promise you

I try so hard to show it

But wouldn't you know it; it won't come out

A peep; that’s all you’ll hear from me

I have a voice I invite you to see

You say, “Molly, be loud and proud, confident too”

Those are things I could never do

You push and prod

My feelings deep

I wish to run away, to weep

I command my voice to be alive, to sing

Yet what does it bring?

A meek, small sound

That barely makes a pound

Against these concrete walls

It’s trapped in a cell deep inside

And it wishes to hide, no more

My heart, it yearns to sing; to dance

Of love, of pain, and romance

For I wish you could see what I see

And know of this voice deep within me

Maybe one day your words will work

And break the barrier of silence that encloses me

Do not brand me as a mute

For it will break fee

The voice that dwells deep inside me