I learn in the midst of injustice,
speaking up is all but a choice.
I learn when crime points to a human as an accomplice,
calling them out is not a prejudice.
Many times humans see the rise of societal menace,
many times we watch them crush us in silence.
Who’ll spark our long subdued voices?
Who’ll fight to defeat our wanton cowardice?
One voice I learn is one too many,
but one silence I learn in one too loud.
One voice I learn is one too courageous,
but one silence I learn is one too feeble.
Society has advanced for the voices it heard.
But for the voices unheard,
society would be twice as advanced.
