You tell me to be quiet because
You say I'm too loud
But I am merely speaking my mind
And saying what I need to
Because this fight is better fought with words
Not guns, not fists.
This is not a time for laughter
Or making fun of who we are,
Or how we look.
This is a time
To sit
And speak.
We will win the fight with words,
Our opinion.
Because when the day comes,
That's all we need.

This is a poem about gay rights/women's rights (it's like a mix of both)
We were doing poems in class and this is the one I'm submitting