i cannot change set minds.

i resist by planting seeds.

every root cracks the concrete a little more.

my silence is not your victory.

i carry fire under my tongue.

i bite down on silence until it snaps.

i live louder than their laws permit.

breathing becomes rebellion when they want me gone.

i keep my fists unclenched but ready.

this body remembers how to fight.

i carve space with my presence.

to exist here is to rebel already.