An Ode to My Voice

by sm1groh

August 4, 2015

An Ode to My Voice:

By Sarah Groh

Softly

Quietly

I speak

Loudly

Exuberantly

I speak

Playfully

Happily

I speak

Sadly

Mournfully

I speak

My voice

It is uniquely mine,

beautifully and wonderfully mine.

It cannot be changed or duplicated,

and only I shall speak with it.

Mine.

Beautifully, wonderfully mine.

My voice shall only grace the earth in my lifetime,

conveying my ideas and my thoughts and my emotions.

Beautifully, wonderfully mine.

I voice my fears and my hopes

My thoughts made public by the intricate mechanics

of coordinating my mouth to form vowles

and consonants,

my vocal cords vibrating,

to communicate,

so that all can understand.

My voice that can speak more than one language

My voice that can laugh

and my voice that can cry.

Beautifully, wonderfully, mine.

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sm1grohAug 4, 2015

<p>This poem is for the "Everything is Awesome" poetry slam. In writing it, it helped me to realize how great and amazing it is that we can speak, and that we can communicate with eachother - not just ideas, but emotions, and stories, and plans, and everything that makes us human. I hope you enjoy.</p>