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Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a home. Let the silence rise from unwatered graves and craters left by bombs. Let the silence rise from empty bellies and surge from broken hearts. The silence of the hidden and forgotten. The silence of the abused and tortured. The silence of the persecuted and imprisoned. The silence of the hanged and massacred. Loud as all the sounds can be, let my silence be loud so the hungry may eat my words and the poor may wear my words. Loud as all the sounds can be, let my silence be loud so I may resurrect the dead and give voice to the oppressed. My silence speaks.
Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a home. Let the silence rise from unwatered graves and craters left by bombs. Let the silence rise from empty bellies and surge from broken hearts. The silence of the hidden and forgotten. The silence of the abused and tortured. The silence of the persecuted and imprisoned. The silence of the hanged and massacred. Loud as all the sounds can be, let my silence be loud so the hungry may eat my words and the poor may wear my words. Loud as all the sounds can be, let my silence be loud so I may resurrect the dead and give voice to the oppressed. My silence speaks.
Approximate author period: c. 2018 AD · contemporary
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- Kamand Kojouri
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- Approximate author period: c. 2018 AD · contemporary
Approximate historical context for attribution to Kamand Kojouri, based on documented writing activity in 2018. The author's biography dates her first poetry collection, The Eternal Dance, to March 2018. The year places the recorded attribution in its author period without dating every saying. Source: Kamand Kojouri's official biography, https://kamandkojouri.com/contact/ (checked 2026-10-09). This does not establish the composition date or authenticate the attribution of these words. Source: https://kamandkojouri.com/contact/ (accessed 2026-10-09).
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