Written by Lynn White
Words have power.
The generals know it.
The dictators know it.
Know they must stop the flow
of words.
Arrest it.
Arrest the poets,
the singers and songwriters,
the graffiti artists, the comedians,
the speakers and shouters.
Make them dumb.
Words have power.
So we must swallow them
in fear
as they rob us of our culture.
As they make us dumb.
Dumbed down.
Dumb.
Text © Lynn White
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It is sad we give away our words sometimes, or just refuse to use them. But you’ve said it right – fear is a hell of a tool.
Because the authorities want to continue to, dominate over us, they silence our, voices, and, we’re, too, fearful of, getting, persecuted for, speaking loudly, we become, ENABLERS of our voices getting, silenced.