Voice

Words can be destroyed, but silence will never be gone.
Silence was my companion, because I had no words.
My mind and heart are full of soul and yet I cannot speak.
I never knew I had a voice, because nobody listened.
Most say everyone could speak, but fear held my tongue.
I feared many things a reason I cannot fathom
I am not deaf but nothing but breath escapes my lips.
Only my mind, a conscious was my inside voice.
I spoke not aloud, but within my body.
I never knew I had a voice because nobody cared.
This is why fear takes place and I choose not to dare.
Words are like the flowing water
Silence is like the death that never comes.
I was alone not, still my voice I feared.
I only cared of what people thought, that is why I was scared.
The thunder booms, the voice is light.
I never knew I had a voice, because I never tried,
The day I crossed my fear and used my voice.
Is the day my soul never died.
Here I stand not alone because they heard my voice.
Now that I fear no more, in life I have a choice.