Friday, October 5, 2018

The Price of Silence

In honor and memory of the Men, Women, and Children whose lives were taken because of hate and intolerance.  May their spirits guide us to the day when acceptance is truly universal, when individual differences  no longer matter.


Together we stand millions strong

Yet too few are seen or heard
Too many voices never speak out
Until it becomes too late 
Together they number in the millions
Yet each, at the end, stood alone,
Never again will their voices ring out
All paid a price too high 
We remain a community divided
They share a bond of blood 
Our silence became their condemnation
Their silence is our damnation


- May, 1999

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