Individual Supervision from Trauma Bay by Katie Rottner

I wasn’t taught to talk
I was taught to listen
To be seen but never heard
To never call attention
It takes a lot of nerve
To really start to question
Why I apologize
How I get in my way

I have a voice
But what do I have to say
Oh it’s exhausting, I feel like I’m lost, I can’t
Find the way
What would you think
If I told you the truth
Can I tell you the weight of it and all the pain,
What if it hurts you?

But now I start to see
It’s not about protection
Anticipating fears
And guessing your intention
Yeah there’s a risk of loss
In every conversation
That’s why I think that I can hide
To make everything okay

I have a voice
But what do I have to say
Oh it’s exhausting, I feel like I’m lost, I can’t
Find the way
What would you think
If I told you the truth
Can I tell you the weight of it and all the pain,
What if it hurts you?

I wonder why the
Opposite of that
Seems to terrify me

But I’ve learned lately
Somehow, maybe that
Doesn’t help you or me

I know I’ll need to talk
I know I’ll need to listen
To what’s inside my heart
It deserves my full attention
I will always know
I have a right to my opinion
I’ll need curiosity
And help along the way

• Alternative
• mystical pop
• singer-songwriter
• Hamilton