We were taught to whisper
So the walls wouldn’t shake
But silence was never safety
And patience was never peace
Smoke thick in the lungs of the innocent
Rules rewritten while eyes looked away
Names erased, lives shortened
Truth buried under sanctioned decay
We watched the ground shift beneath us
Called it order, called it fate
But the body remembers injustice
Even when the mouth hesitates
I feel the drum under my ribs
I feel the heat in my hands
This is not rage without reason
This is resolve that stands
We are not angry enough
Not yet loud enough to break it
Fire answers fire
And breath answers smoke
We are not angry enough
To keep pretending it’s fine
So we speak it into existence
And draw the line
Children learning fear too early
Families stitched from loss and flight
Surveillance dressed up as safety
Lies repeating in the light
Those who see are told they’re dreaming
Those who don’t are fed the script
But truth doesn’t need permission
It survives every grip
Salt in the palm
Voice in the air
Word made motion
This is care
Earth remembers
Water knows
What is spoken
Still can grow
We are not angry enough
To stay quiet and comply
This is the sound of awakening
This is the reason we rise
We are not angry enough
To call oppression normal breath
We speak life into the fracture
We refuse the theft
This is not destruction
This is declaration
What we name
We change
