Stop She Says

This voice has been silenced
by betrayals and burnings
so subtle
it's become normal

belief systems that were
contorted to "fix me"
from speaking truths about actions
and wrongful intrusions

Greedy spirits
love to punish anything
that threatens to expose
its nastiness

uses any means necessary
to diminish her voice that says:
"Stop"

Stop excavating
Stop raping
Stop taking
Stop hitting
Stop manipulating
Stop yelling
Stop warping
Stop forcing
Stop intimidating
Stop killing
Stop groping
Stop attacking
Stop accusing
Stop talking
Stop demanding
Stop imprisoning

Start
Start listening
Start crying
Start stroking
Start apologizing
Start praying
Start giving
Start laughing
Start loving
Start playing
Start planting
Start liberating
Start supporting
Start caring
Start relaxing
Start trusting
Start truth-telling
Start tenderness
Start living