Words Bounce Back

I see myself, 

l feel my pain

But I know I have the strength

I know  - THAT I - can make it work

Please.  Give me a chance

I too want to dance

But they see I have a label - that put me in a box

So when l tried to speak, 

When I tried to walk

They begin to scream at me, 

They will not let me talk 

I need to get away  - I need to get out so bad

The voices they grow louder 

l thought they were my friends

But there seems so many now as they shout at me to ‘STOP!

They shout with so much anger

That I really have to run 

My fear is so great, now the terror had begun

Everything else goes hazy -  there’s nothing in this room. 

You are but a Shell, 

A fool without worth

If you believe you have rights,  you’re sicker than we think

Just submit, behave yourself, make it easier on us all

You will never kick a goal 

We never let you have the ball

Just accept you are mad, you’re  sick, and crazy too!

Please they say there’s a person - who will listen to my words.

Do you know about an advocate, will they really let me talk?

Will they stand beside me when I’m  being judged

Will they help me speak

Will they help me say words deep within my heart

Will they stand beside me - help me find my way

And when I’m free from bondage, will they see me as equal, and with the

Power of the advocate, will they make people see what I say

And maybe with humility as the years they pass by

Those who passed 

Judgement will see the errors of their ways

And maybe they’ll have new rules that where we all get to play.