We seek that vast openness
as we find our whispering voices.
Beginning to speak our truth
unsteady as a drunken sailor.

We find our feet in that vast openness
striding into our own choices.
Walking away from uncertainty
standing firm on our beliefs.

We seek that vast openness
in a world grown deaf to our words.
Bravery in our refusal
to silence ourselves ever again. ~ Caroline A. Slee