She Said Stand

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She looked at

Me

A gentle

Yet strong voice

Saying

“Stand for others

Because some can’t.”

I smiled and nodded

Wisdom in words

Easily understood

But often not

Applied.

“And speak up

Give a voice

Because some

Won’t.”

Her words

Spoke of experience

Of pain

Of compassion and

Love

But they spoke

Of something else

Too

The need to speak

To those whose voice

Was nothing more

Than a whisper

Or they had no

Voice at all.

I saw the pain

In her eyes

Heard it in

Her voice

A reminder

That even the