EVERYONE

Everyone has a voice.

Everyone has something to say.

Everyone has something to sing.

Everyone has to hear their own voice first,

their own voice from deep within.

Everyone has a scream for justice,

for love, for fairness, for respect.

Everyone needs an audience.

Everyone needs applause when

they sing their song, when

they sing their best.

Everyone needs to listen to the other

to call out their message,

to say, “Well, you’ve heard

me sing. Now let me hear

your song! Amen."

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019