Hushed Voice
A child who learned
To speak in hushed voices.
A girl who yearned
To make her own choices.
Then a teen who learned
To only sob quietly;
A teen who feared
An exposed reason and history.
Two times, one life,
And only one reason—
Refusal of the world to see
What was really going on.
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Fm Rt | Year Posted 2017
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