The tales are out there, just need to look
To coax out the stories and reveal them
Try as you might to do things by the book
The Powers That Be may catch and kill them

Like hearing the cries of a silent scream
So loud inside my head with words not said
So-called good guys may not be what they seem
For so many women, a source of dread

Hard to speak up for fear of reprisal
And internalized shame undeserving
Silence upon silence, vicious cycle
Heinous, atrocious acts, so unnerving

      The silence is deafening, truth be told
      ‘Cause it takes much courage to be so bold