I am the child who didn’t have a word.
– Laura Smith
I am the child who fought to be heard.
I am the child who others counted out.
I am the child with whom others had doubt.
I am the child they questioned could learn.
I am the child who would silently yearn.
I am the child with an invisible scar.
I am the child “who has come so far.”
I am the man that others didn’t see.
I am the proof that a fighter was in me.
I am the voice for those yet to be heard.
I am their advocate until they too can find the words.