At first you
ignored us
Like we’re a
passing fad
But then we
raised our voices
And now you’re
scared
[…]
Of all the power
that we have
We’re coming for
you
Now you can’t
ignore us
We will stand
We will fight
We’ll take
everything we need
We won’t lay
down and die
This is who we
are meant to be
There’s no
second guessing
[…]
You call
yourselves an army
You try to hold
us back
But when the
battle’s over
You’re going to
see
All the power
that we have
[…]
We’re coming for
you
[…]
No, you can’t
ignore like you did before
Sleeping Wolf – New
Kings
Being a creative is empowering.
Nothing is out of reach. As creators we are breathing life into every project
that leaves our fingertips. Creation is our way of fighting back.
We’re at a point of time, which is
always, truly there, but fluctuates with each Big Bad that tells us we can’t,
or we shouldn’t, or we won’t. The truth of it is. We can, we should, we will.
It seems though, that the world, collectively believes we have to yell to get
our point across. The truth of it is, sometimes, it only takes a whisper. There
isn’t a day that goes by that isn’t woven in our morals, and truths, and
beliefs.
I’m
here to tell you. You don’t have to yell. You just have to push. Every
day.
Yelling
doesn’t make you stronger. Challenging yourself, and the way you think, makes
you stronger.
Power
may appear to come with money, and in a world domination sense, it does. I
believe strongly though, that power comes through conviction. Your conviction.
The same convictions that push you through your day. The ones that tell you to
get out of bed, and go to your shitty job. Or get along with the mother/father
of your children, for the children. To put in the time to hone your craft,
pushing it past a hobby.
We
shouldn’t ignore ignorance, but yelling doesn’t make it go away. It has to be
outsmarted. It has to be carved through, not beat down, because the truth of it
is: Ignorance will always exist. People can be taught, but that doesn’t mean
they learn.
Sometimes,
all it takes is a whisper.
The
thing about a whisper is that it gets in the head of Ignorance. It frustrates
Ignorance. Reaction is action. Not yelling, not arguing, or killing. A whisper
is calm, but powerful. A whisper makes you think. A whisper is sneaky. A
whisper is intimate.
A
whisper is a song lyric, or a poem. A whisper is a piece of art, or the hero in
a book. A whisper is the knowledge that the world is so much more than black
and white.
“Raising
your voice,” is a relative term. A phrase that begs to be explored. It can’t be
taken at face value. Raising your voice is a mental act. A mental push to
change, and grow, and teach.
My
writing is my whisper. You can try to ignore it, but it still exists, and it
still reaches someone. It can still teach someone.
My
whisper is pushing the bounds of my creativity. My whisper is proving, through
my words, that I can overcome the doubt. Not just the doubt of those around me,
but my own doubt. My whisper is rooted in me. It grows from me. It spreads from
me.
No
one can quiet a whisper.
Be back soon,
Ashley (Fictional Tortoise)
Be back soon,
Ashley (Fictional Tortoise)
