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SHE DOESN'T SPEAK VERY OFTEN
Yeah, so she doesn't speak very often,
the way you do. At times, it's like
she never learnt know how to build words
with her voice. But it's not because
she has nothing to say. You try talking
when your mind doesn't allow it.
Cause everytime she opens her mouth,
the lid on a can of memories pops off, too.
The time she was spat at for what she spoke.
The time she was shooed away for what she said.
The time she was laughed at for singing out words.
The time she was abandoned for speaking her heart.
All those times from the past,
they take over the present.
The pain, the shame,
the regret, the trauma,
they take over her.
Yeah, so she doesn't speak very often.
Not because she has nothing to say,
but because
she once had too much to say,
and too less wanted to listen.
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