MISSION STATEMENT

SILENT VOICES SPEAK started out as Silent Voices: A Writer’s Workshop, as the first group at the drop-in center at the Broadway location of Community Counseling Centers of Chicago, whose purpose is to empower it’s attendees to form and attend their own groups.

We have branched out as an independent entity. We are silent no more. We say yes to the creative possibilities of life & art...

The mission of SILENT VOICES SPEAK is to give a voice to people who are disenfranchised. Many of the participants in SILENT VOICES SPEAK are also visual and/or performing artists.

Membership is open to all.
Send submissions to lizhipwell@gmail.com.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

AT THE CRACK OF DAWN by Kathan Murphy


I have never seen the crack of dawn.
My meds make me sleep too long.
My sheets and blankets are so warm I could sleep through a party at a loud college dorm.
Clozaril is my nightmare best friend but my madness is on the mend.
I am strong but unfortunately sick.
I try hard to make the best of it.
This illness is tough but I am tougher.
One day I would like to take a job offer.
People said that I would never leave the hospital but I proved them wrong.
No one is allowed to right the lyrics of my song.
I left Massachusetts to start a new life.
Maybe here I will make a good mother or wife.
Moving to Chicago was the right choice.
Here is where I will find my own voice.
 
                                                                                           -Kathan Murphy
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