Voice

I want a voice
that makes God stop and listen.

I want a voice
as visually expressive as sign language.

I want a voice
that makes junkies
give up the needle and spoon
to get high on vocabulary.

I want a voice
that ricochets
from person to person
and makes each one
sting from the truth,
empathy
and recognition.

I want a voice
that shakes down cancer
and gives me
it’s change.

I want a voice
that drags nails
down chalkboards,
reverses,
and returns ocean wave rhythms.

I want a voice
that speaks riddles so deep
that when solved
bring tears of gold.

I want a voice
like sustenance
for emotional famines.

I want a voice
that terrifies
oppressors everywhere.

I want a voice.