learning to recognize your true voice: It is not the one that belittles harshly, it is not the one that confuses. Your true voice is rooted in love, of self and others. It's the one that encourages, supports, validates, and uplifts in kindness and truth. Learning to recognize your inner voice begins with small steps to set aside the voices of trauma that have ruled your mind for so long. It's choosing the softer, gentler sentence over and over and over again. This is the art of recognizing your voice. P.S. Your true voice is also humorous, sarcastic, playful, serious and every divine expression in between, and it's all yours.

This poem reflects the subtle language between my mother and I. A woman who has gone through so much often speaks with only her eyes , my poem "Sorrow" .