Speak

Jonathan Valania

July 2018


You didn’t have a voice—

or maybe

you just didn’t believe you did.


I used to ache over that.

Your silence made me feel needed.

I mistook that for love.


But truth is,

I wanted to fix you.

I told myself it was help.


Told you—

your voice matters.

Scream.

Say it.

Say anything.


And you did.


And when you finally spoke—

God,

I was proud of you.

 

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