[voice]

  

For the longest time

I had no clue

what my voice sounded like

all I knew

for certain

was that I loved to sing.

Recently,

someone told me what

I sound like.

What she said posed a

                  challenge

greater than any challenge

I've ever faced.

And it silenced me.

I'd rather not kow

how my voice affects you,

how powerful

or not

it can sound.

I'd rather not know;

I ask you though

to listen.

My words are true.

You can count on me.

Ask anyone who knows me

                          well

there are very few.

(I'm not easy to know)

They'll tell you though,

I'm always true.