Sorry

Sorry
Michelle Odnert

I’m sorry

I’m sorry to everyone whose voice hasn’t been heard

To those whose thoughts have been chained by mine

You probably had something better to say

Something smarter

And yet I was the one to speak

With my hand in the air

I was a mountain with no roads

No tunnel

And you were a car

My voice was a lightning storm

Keeping you from diving into a pool of answers

And with every word that came out of my mouth

There was a word that could have come from one of you

Sometimes I feel like I speak just for the sake of speaking

To hear the sound of my own voice

I know now what I haven’t known before

That I should give my voice to the voiceless

No longer shall my words impede on those who listen

But here I am

Still speaking to those listening

But you don’t need to raise your hand, no

I need to lower mine

So I promise

That when you speak

I will listen

I’m sorry to the voices

That you couldn’t hear over the sound of mine