Value

If I write
And you read it 
Is it valuable?

If I write 
And you hear it
Is it valuable?

If I speak
and you turn from me 
Is it valuable?

If I scream
And you silence me
Is it valuable?

If I wonder 
Who I am to you
Is it valuable?

If I ask
What you think 
Am I valuable?

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Poem: © 2022 Ashley Wolpert Miller
Photo credit: © Bluraz / Adobe Stock