Can’t Won’t

I love fiercely
I laugh loudly
You call it noise
Disruption
But your silence
Is cold
Poison
Withholding
Protecting feeding hardening your anger
Which has turned into violent hatred
Through your refusal to act
To do what is possible
To do what is right
Brandishing about the word “can’t”
When really it’s “won’t”

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