Let Me Speak Poem by Jenna Dandurand

(based on the book 'speak' by laurie halse anderson.)

i can't find my voice
in this unmoving crowd.
i can't see my face
without cowering down.
no one understands
how horrible i feel.
no one will listen.
no one will let me say.
i can't admit to it,
i can only suffer in silence.
who would believe me?
i'm a nobody.
i came here
with no friends,
my only company
is fear and silence.
everyday i face the facts,
if no one listens,
i can't hurt.
i can't forget
that one night.
i can't forget how i was
scarred. mentally,
physically,
i'll never be the same.
no one will even
believe me,
so why try to explain?
i don't think
that i can even feel,
how can i communicate?
i'm paralyzed by my own fears.
who can i trust,
who can believe?
no one cares about me,
so how can i find someone
to see?
someone please help,
someone save me.
reach out,
be a friend.
i have to hide away,
run away,
from my fears.
i can't stand tall
and tell the truth at all.
all i want to do
is SPEAK out the truth.
will someone please
listen?