Tag: speech

597. Free Speech

Pushed aside, out of cultural view,

Far too many ways to be ostracized.

Redemption and truth, null and void,

And harshly criticized.

I’ll say no more than this on free speech:

That darkness thrives in the shadows of night,

And the only end for darkness,

Is exposure to Light.

K. Aldaya, 12/2/22

Picture: By Timo Volz on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/K2jUGU6ttO0

595. The Soundless

Speech shouldn’t be a gun to the head.

Enforced conformity or social death.

For does not a life still exist,

As long as there is breath?

Silence is not insignificance,

Nor essentiality: of a word;

And a voice is no guarantee,

Of ever being heard.

K. Aldaya, 11/6/22

GIF 1: Actress Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven from Stranger Things; https://aminoapps.com/c/stranger-things/page/user/eleven/YjW6_VJPtWf6Q5PnldWQPMx7xEDERlj8dv7SR

GIF 2: Actress Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven from Stranger Things; https://aminoapps.com/c/stranger-things/page/blog/eleven/V0EL_2Wvi7u73BQNXQ2o4NYVlZ7ZDx1l12