I'll tell you why

June 24, 2013

They told me to remain "silent"

I was merely a child

nothing more.

They gave me blank pages

and colors too,

they gave me the gift

they didn't mean to.

"Why write?" they asked.

the answer is simple

"I write to remain silent,

but to let others know,

I am not merely a child

I am a living soul."

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