Silence
 I am silent?  Let me thus make bare
 this ravaged and pummeled soul I wear
 within me:  Yes I will not pray
 for mercy.  Yes, I will not betray
 
 my sadness (for silence is often cruel,
 and also a most effective tool
 of disdain, contempt, resistance and pride 
 that will not break nor compromise).
 
 So resist I will.  Succumb I will not.
 Despite the tortured and bloodied lot
 this world has become, I'll stand my ground! 
 My defiance will thunder without a sound.