#MeToo

And we all said me too

The scrape of resistance in our gut

Coming up like too much to drink last night

Thrashed our throats too raw

Too cracked from screaming it to heavens

Or anyone who would listen

Like our hearts grew laryngitis

And we just can't find any more words

Besides me too

Like this sisterhood of sacrifice

This bond in battery

This army out of assault

That could not suffer one more sling and arrow of outrageous fortune

That could not withstand one more shaking hand

And key between fingers in fist

One more whistle between lips

That never reached ears

So we the walking whistle blowers

Packed our bruises on our backs

Smashed catcall cargo next to bloodied baggage

And marched on the world

Armed with little more than me too

Like it was just so simple

Like what more can be said

To explain the way such deafening noise

Can feel so silent

When the world itself warps around us

Twists itself into a terror

We cant recognize as home anymore

Or the subtle serpent of doubt

Invades even the most secret corners of our soul

The ones we thought we kept so well hidden from the horror

And what can we do but

Doom ourselves to be

Forever the Phoenix

Caught in cyclical cinder

Or else

Walk the coals of culture

Risk the self immolation of accusation

Gather our ramshackle resolve in hand

And stand amidst the hurricane of hostility

With shaking voice but steadfast mind

Saying

Me too