if I could speak

30 Responses to “if I could speak”

1. greg
   July 28th, 2008 @ 9:50 am

   I would say it all so much louder.

2. muse
   July 28th, 2008 @ 10:20 am

   I would never apologize for myself again.

3. kim
   July 28th, 2008 @ 10:28 am

   it would be without fear

4. Becky
   July 28th, 2008 @ 12:10 pm

   I would say everything I've wanted to say for so long, everything that I've suppressed and kept hidden down so far. I'd say it all, loud and clear, and not be afraid of the result. If I could speak with my own voice, I'd throw away the persona I hide behind and come clean. I'd be proud of who I am.

5. Joy
   July 28th, 2008 @ 12:44 pm

   I would say all the hard things that have built up under layers of compromise and expectation, and I would keep saying them, as they arise, and they would not get buried again.

6. AveshaDee
   July 28th, 2008 @ 1:04 pm

   In every room, in all company, in situations of fear, solitude, oppression, and anger, if I could speak with my own voice I could be truly free.

   Right now, with this voice -deeply and irrevocably altered by 31 years of societal expectation and self-censorship- I imagine the feeling of such freedom to be terrifying and intensely familiar… would I recognize myself after accepting such a gift? What of the me I know now would be left?

7. susu
   July 28th, 2008 @ 2:08 pm

   my thoughts would not be lost in translation

8. Clarke
   July 28th, 2008 @ 2:26 pm

   I wouldn't bother with pretense.

9. laura luna
   July 28th, 2008 @ 2:51 pm

   I would say what I really feel WHEN I feel it and nothing would get trapped underneath….

10. Bad Bad Girl
    July 28th, 2008 @ 3:27 pm

    I would tell him I want out…

11. dana
    July 28th, 2008 @ 6:26 pm

    I would put my two cents in to every asshole who acted like they could push me around because I'm a) short, b) young, c) a girl with a buzz cut.

12. jes
    July 28th, 2008 @ 7:38 pm

    I would tell her how scared I really am.

13. Kadie
    July 28th, 2008 @ 8:06 pm

    it would not waver or crack. It would proclaim loudly of who I am, and what I want. It would shout of the love that fills my heart when he's near me. Then I would quietly whisper how badly I wanted our baby

14. miss avarice
    July 28th, 2008 @ 8:40 pm

    a lot of people would be confronting the darkness of their hearts. Take note, if you are within earshot of a truth-speaker speaking her mind, you risk the safety of your pride.

15. dana
    July 28th, 2008 @ 11:38 pm

    –For clarification it’s mainly at work where I hold back— in order to be spitefully polite I have to grit my teeth and take people’s shit (I try to behave but sometimes it doesn’t work) because people have a habit of making you feel like you’re a really tiny person when you’re making their food.. especially when they think they are better than you because -you- are at -their- service.

16. Jess
    July 29th, 2008 @ 4:35 am

    I'd tell them all to stop assuming shit.

17. lady brett
    July 29th, 2008 @ 6:37 am

    i think it wouldn't change a thing

18. tesoro d'amo
    July 29th, 2008 @ 8:08 am

    I would tell him I am dying inside without this

19. Perdy
    July 29th, 2008 @ 11:23 am

    I'd probably be shouting.

20. miss sunday
    July 29th, 2008 @ 11:33 am

    i'd tell everyones secrets. secrets i keep inside for public safety. my own included. and it would be devastating. utterly.

21. Kitcat
    July 29th, 2008 @ 5:31 pm

    I'd tell everyone how I really feel instead of what I think they want to hear.

22. !Spark!
    July 29th, 2008 @ 6:09 pm

    I'd say, "Listen to me GodDammit, acknowledge my existence! You're missing out on something SERIOUSLY worthwhile!!!!! ……expletive, expletive, expletive, etc, etc, etc, etc, wtf………."

23. Samantha
    July 30th, 2008 @ 6:31 am

    I would say, stay away. It's much too hollow in here.

24. saintchick
    July 30th, 2008 @ 4:09 pm

    I would say.. Open up to me. Talk to me. I will listen I deserve that much.. to know why is it we are what we are and no more.

25. Curvaceous Dee
    July 30th, 2008 @ 6:07 pm

    … my honesty would be less diplomatic.

    xx Dee

26. edith piaf
    July 31st, 2008 @ 1:50 pm

    it would be the low growl of a lioness, hunting for her cubs dinner. the sound that chocolate creates in the vocal chords after good sex. the calm, assured tone of someone who has been putting one foot in front of the other for months, and suddenly recognizes it became a swagger again.

27. jesse james
    July 31st, 2008 @ 2:53 pm

    I'd sound like a flash flood.

28. Natt Nightly
    August 1st, 2008 @ 5:54 am

    I'd ask everyone where their faith has gone, spill my own brokeness as a blessing, and let music flow out in waves.

29. bzzzzgrrrl
    August 4th, 2008 @ 12:53 pm

    I would ask me, and everyone else I could find, why we haven't been doing this all along.

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