if i speak to you from my weakness, in a voice not my own, i may as well be silent.
i will speak boldly, for there are things to be said.
i will speak cautiously, for there is a time and a place and a way.
i will speak tenderly, because i will not be afraid to disclose myself--
i will speak in a voice that is mine.

mine and yet flourishing on borrowed strength--
mine and yet shaped by new perspectives--
mine and yet an advocate for you--
mine, yet denying all i am owed--
i will speak.
i will speak boldly in a voice that is mine.