(This was originally written way back on May 1, 1993)

Silence is golden

yet silence is killing me

I want to talk freely

speak my feelings and thoughts

but prejudice keeps them hidden

that and fear…

of what though?

my friends?  

my family?

the world at large?

one day, I’ll speak freely 

and then, who knows?

I live

I die

I hide in silence no more…

5-01-93