Poem: It Scares Me to Raise The Issue

It Scares Me to Raise The Issue

to point it out, though it is clear,

it is real.  I am scared, though

because it has been dismissed before,

I have spoken, have asked others to help,

to understand and see what is meant,

and most often it has been failure,

has been a wave against breakers,

only a crash, and I am the one

who cannot breath, who is pulled under.

It is hard to do it.  Each time it is hard.

And now, it seems to happen so often.