Bullies

Bullies

I have been silenced for so long

I do not know my own voice

All I hear

Are your words. 

Your condemnations

Your judgements

Your lies. 

I see your glance

Haughty

Better than everyone else.  

Only

You aren’t.  

You are hiding behind fear

That controls you

And all you do.

Keeping me in check 

mate

In case I discover my voice

And use it 

Against you.

You who have held me hostage for so many years

I, believing

No more.  

D.R.H.

Copyright Donna R. Hedges 2021



Hi. I'm Donna. I'm pretty new to this but passionate about poetry. I hope you enjoy my writing. I am creating a long-running story line personifying people struggling to understand one another.

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