i am a writer, a poet, an essayist, a blogger,
a social media commenter, an online forum frequenter,
a speaker, a teacher, a trainer, a mentor,
a friend, a confidant, a partner.
i am a weaver of words, a singer of songs,
a lover of nouns and verbs and verb phrases,
a user of adjectives, a writer of rhymes,
an educated, opinionated, thoughtful mind
behind a neverending stream of language.

my words are other peoples'.
my ideas are rehashed, reused, regurgitated,
not even upgraded but just recycled,
reordered and retched up in various forms.
my voice is the voice of deliberate liberalism,
my opinions belong to educators and indoctrinators,
my thoughts are the thoughts of privilege.
i am a girl who says nothing.