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My poem is inspired by our human rights. I am moved to tears by the plight of billions around the world. 

It is estimated that 2.6 billion people (more than a third of the world's population) are living in countries or regions that are struggling with human rights abuses, repression, and corruption. 

Descent into Darkness
By Michelle Morris
26/12/2022

You take away my right to speak
I am diminished in your eyes
You somehow think that gender
Is a reason for your lies

For the descent into darkness
It is an insidious thing
It will start with one unkind act
And spiral out like galaxies

Until you create a Universe
That is dark and foreboding
That inspires no one
Only fear and loathing

Anxiety and confusion
Stress and trauma bonds
Until only black and white remains
Where all rainbow colours are gone

STOP!
THINK!
FEEL!

We are not robots
We are human beings
When you take away our voices
You lose the songs we sing

Like a bird trapped in a cage
You'll trap us in our homes
No life or education
No career to call our own

We'll dress to be invisible
We'll slowly become shells
All life and love will be diminished
Our society's light will fail

So, consider it with compassion
Feel with integrity and empathy
For our society to flourish
We each need to be free to be

Let me use my voice
Let me be intelligent and wise
Let me be my best self
Let me choose my own life

Every creature deserves joy
To live and roam so free
No more descent into darkness
Let's be light and love and healing

© Michelle Morris, 2022

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