SandScript 2020

I have been a mute only living through observation because I’ve never had the voice to speak to
gain an experience of my own.
I can’t tell you how many times people have told me, “That’s the first time I’ve ever heard you
speak”
And I can’t help but think that I now speak in written words and not so much actual words. You
won’t hear my voice but you’ll hear it, you’ll feel it.
Until I discovered poetry, I realized I hadn’t been able to write more than one word replies.
With poetry I don’t have to hold back what I want to say on the inside.
The way my words now end up colliding like newlyweds on their honeymoon,
Poetry is my excuse to use my voice again.
With poetry I found out my voice can come out of hiding, can be found again, can be restored.
I find that I can only get people to listen when I’m speaking in similes or metaphors.
I hope one day soon my sentences will slow down and I won’t have to feel like there’s a
stopwatch tied to my chest
POETRY
With poetry I don’t want an excuse to be silent anymore,
I want to be able to use my voice to fill the room with air without feeling like I’m suffocating.
I want my voice to leave people silent, to leave them speechless. I no longer want to feel like my
words are meaningless.
This is how poetry has restored me.
My words don’t stumble as much with poetry, a clear conscience where they aren’t afraid to hide
the truth anymore.
Poetry gives me the space to not have to worry about my sentences feeling like a countdown.
Poetry is the only way I allow myself to speak. This is how poetry found me.
This is how I speak.
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