I'm wishing I could say something
But I'm tongue tied
Tongue split in two
Speaking your truths
Yes I'm talking to you
Cause ain't ain't a word
Oops, I mean isn't
It's may I
Versus
Can I
And I don't think I can
Because it
Just
Aint
Me
I want to be valued
Despite my speech
I want to be valued
For speakin about me
Cause I aint
Never heard a story
About me
My sister
And only her
Cause it was just me and her
Cause we were just little kids
Training in the forest
Not knowing the dangers in it
And can't say we were always happy
But maybe happiness is underrated
Maybe we caught it in small doses
Between our lips
Got so used to the taste of our own tears
That we could never tell the difference
Between pain and joy
Between past and present
Between brother and sister
She was sister
She was loved
I was hated
Maybe she didn't know
What she was doing
Just wishing she could say something
Ask if it was supposed be this way
I want to know
If it's supposed to be this way
But I'm tongue tied
Using you're words to describe my world
They abuse me
Penetrate me
Crack open cerebral virginities
And violate me
I had language
Before you taught me how to speak
Can you hear me?
I'm afraid I lost my voice
And can't seem to find it
I'm afraid I'm bound to silence
And can't escape it
I've been hushed
Sent to search for identity in
White realities
It's so violent
The way you murder me
Through omission ...