and we said
try with all your might
to hold yourself up in this world
should you fall, do so quietly, lest
you disturb this delicate status-quo
do not be loud, do not make a fuss
these are things only rude people do
like those who talk on phones loudly
in confined spaces
penguins with plastic attached to their beaks
yak yak yak they go
but nobody seems to tell them to
shut it
and the propriety of life
misses a stitch
a heart beat
a compassionate rinse
through the annals of time
thinking of how we have always
stifled valuable voices
in favor of noise
putting up with the yak and not
the desperate drum beat of a woman
unraveling
she has spun her loom
throughout the city and its artifices
with alacrity and the sweat of female
labor, she has borne her children and
created a field of poppies, that threaten
to dazzle the very sun
she has grown her hair long and matted, until
it is thick enough to reach the moon
where she sits
howling
at the ravages of life
permitted at last
to possess
a voice
TheFeatheredSleep 
Here, I would place these lines on repeat. They’re the strength of the poem to me.
“she has borne her children and
created a field of poppies, that threaten
to dazzle the very sun
she has grown her hair long and matted, until
it is thick enough to reach the moon
where she sits
howling
at the ravages of life”
This is very well done, Candice
“you disturb this delicate status-quo
do not be loud, do not make a fuss
these are things only rude people do”
These lines immediately had me envision my mother in my head saying “angry people are crazy!” and “what will the people think?” during those times where my frustrations had reached their threshold. Growing up in our household was one of always pushing our personality and individuality down. Maybe it’s why I now defy what “society” tells us we should do or be. 🙂 Great piece, Beauty! ❤
However much noise we may happen to hear, however loud it may be, within, among, behind it all there are real voices we must not merely hear but listen for and to, they are there.
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TheFeatheredSleep – Voices versus noise
Yes! I have an older gay friend who thinks women should orgasm as loudly as possible, just to reclaim sacred space in this world 🙏🏼😝
This is quite a reflection on life Candice – born with a voice, then forced to conceal it, only to reveal it when it is felt that no- one will listen. The irony being that those who shout loudest are those with the least to say.
Fine writing.
Thank you so much dearest Chris
HA HA HA! I love it!