We are the people next door.
Across the street,
Co-workers
Celebrities
From all walks of life,
We've never met.
Even still, one thing unites us.
The battle we fight in our minds.
Oppressed by something we can't see.
Emotions run a muck.
In a world that demonizes us,
We search for a way to gain control.
There's a stigma attached to the disease.
A prison of a different kind.
Built by ignorance and misunderstanding,
Propagated by voices everywhere.
Our voices are not heard.
No one is our advocate.
We have learned to keep silent.
Silenced voices.
