Silence may be the foundation of life,
So they preached to my young self,
Maintain a quiet exterior then,
Place sparks of rage on the highest shelf,
Ignore the fiery bubbling within,
The rumbling lava of your gut,
For a respectable girl eases herself,
To never cause a rut,
Yet a lack of words killed little lambs,
Silence slaughtered a baby herd,
Allowed their gashes to fill with grass,
For no-one called the shepherd,
Yet a speechless leader lost the war,
As roaring soldiers raged on,
Tossing themselves towards disaster,
For his pride left surrender gone,
Yet a zipped-shut mouth never gave us votes,
For suffragettes powered brutally through,
Political rage pulsing through their veins,
For a shining life for the likes of you,
Therefore I shall not lose my voice,
For songs of protest do ring true,
If you choose against the fight for your right,
What has silence ever done for you?
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