Finally,
A Song from Silence
by Kati Hermsdorfer
Change
my name to Nobody
Make me nothing.
Sit in the back and pretend I don't exist
Close my eyes so that I am somewhere else
Staple my mouth so they never hear me
Cut off my ears so that I never hear them
Tie my hands and my feet so that I will not fight
Slice my face so I will never be beautiful
Crush my heart into nothing, so that I won't care
And lobotomize myself- I'll never even know (it was me)
That
isn't what I meant when I said I wasn't important.
Just
because I don't want recognition
Just because I'd rather not have a name
Just because I work in the dark
Just because I'll let someone else say it
Just because I don't believe in your impudence
Just because I don't sing of myself
Just because I don't want to force them to believe me,
believe in
me
Just because I'm not loud like you
Doesn't
mean I don't love myself.
So
please leave me alone already.