A quote by M. Dangi

O hush thee now, thou trembling tongue, be still, For silence was the crown they made me wear. But I, reborn from fire and broken will, Shall speak as thunder hidden in a prayer. They cast me soft, obedient, and mild, A ghost within the script of men’s design. Yet even silence births a wilding child, Who dares to call her weeping voice divine. My voice is not a sin, nor shameful spell, It is the gospel of a soul once chained. Each word I speak, a temple risen well From bones of women history disdained. Let them call it rage, I call it light. For what they feared was not my voice, but that I spoke with sacred right

M. Dangi (Mukata Dangi)

O hush thee now, thou trembling tongue, be still—
For silence was the crown they made me wear.
But I, reborn from fire and broken will,
Shall speak as thunder hidden in a prayer.

They cast me soft, obedient, and mild,
A ghost within the script of men’s design.
Yet even silence births a wilding child,
Who dares to call her weeping voice divine.

My voice is not a sin, nor shameful spell—
It is the gospel of a soul once chained.
Each word I speak, a temple risen well
From bones of women history disdained.

Let them call it rage,
I call it light.
For what they feared
was not my voice,
but that I spoke with sacred right — M. Dangi — O hush thee now, thou trembling tongue, be still, For silence was the crown they made me wear. But I, reborn from fire and broken will, Shall speak as thunder hidden in a prayer. They cast me soft, obedient, and mild, A ghost within the script of men’s design. Yet even silence births a wilding child, Who dares to call her weeping voice divine. My voice is not a sin, nor shameful spell, It is the gospel of a soul once chained. Each word I speak, a temple risen well From bones of women history disdained. Let them call it rage, I call it light. For what they feared was not my voice, but that I spoke with sacred right M. Dangi

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