Silence

I am an observer. I am a peace keeper. I’m a Libra, always needing to keep things balanced and feeling it deeply when they’re not. When Donald Trump was voted into office our country (and the world) experienced a frenzy that we’ve yet to recover from. For someone who desires to live her life from a place of fairness, balance, and love, the energy that I found myself surrounded by was more than I could handle. It was coming at me from everywhere! The media, my friends, my co-workers, my family. I was being made to feel that if I didn’t take a stand in one direction or another I was somehow part of the problem. Really? Is this true? Life can be tough for those of us who have the ability to live in the grey area. That place where you see both sides of the coin, good and bad. It’s rare that I see black or white in any given situation, which is a blessing and a curse. So I did what I’ve always done; retreat inward, observe, and then write.

Silence

You know nothing of my silence.

My silence does not breed hatred
My silence does not condone racism
My silence does not lay down with the bigot
My silence does not embrace homophobia
My silence does not imply complacency
My silence is not the route of all evil,
nor does it dance with the devil

You know nothing of my silence

My silence chooses peace when I am surrounded by chaos
My silence chooses sanity when there is little to be found
My silence chooses calm when your storm wants to consume me
My silence chooses time when I am pushed to act NOW
My silence chooses to observe rather than join in the dance of fear

You know nothing of my silence

Do NOT make assumptions when I am silent
Do NOT tell me my silence has no worth
Do NOT tell me my silence is the problem
Do NOT convince yourself you know what my silence holds

You know nothing of the ways in which
I am willing to step up that you may
never be a witness to

You are free to fight your battles however
your heart chooses, I will not judge your voice
But you know nothing of the battles I have
fought with my silence... and won

You know nothing of my silence

XO,
Carrie