Without a Voice

It starts so small
A look, a line
A laugh too loud
A shift in time
No questions asked
Just empty air
And suddenly
You’re never there

You say you know
What I believe
You write the lines
And make me leave
A whisper grows
A thread, a post
I’m cut in half
But bleed the most

You speak for me
I have no choice
You write my name
Without my voice
The crowd decides
Before I stand
No trial held
No helping hand

You share the lie
It travels fast
And facts just drown
Beneath the blast
I walk alone
Though friends still smile
But none will walk
That extra mile

You speak for me
I have no choice
You write my name
Without my voice
No second thought
No second view
Just silence served
Like something true

But I am not
Your black-and-white
I have a heart
I had a fight
I made mistakes
Like you have too
But truth can breathe
When we let through

You speak for me
I have no choice
You write my name
Without my voice
But I remain
Beneath the noise
Still human here —
Without a voice

I won’t fight back
With rage or shame
I just exist
Without your frame
No louder now —
But still in place
A silent soul
You can’t erase

Without a voice.