Speak Up

Why do you sit in silence

And let them hurt you with their words

When you could hurt them right back?

Your words hold power

Why do you refuse to use them?

You sit back and let them say whatever they want

You pretend you don’t know

You pretend to be completely oblivious

Are you scared of making things worse?

Being quiet isn’t helping anything get better

It’s giving them more power

They think they can walk all over you

And they’re right

You’re so scared of standing up for yourself

But you’ll do it for your friends in a heartbeat

Why do you not value yourself?

Why do you think you deserve what they’re doing to you

Even though you never did anything wrong?

Stop thinking you aren’t worth it

You are

It won’t be easy

But some things need to be said

You aren’t being treated fairly

It’s time you let them know that you’re aware of that