I am a Voice
I am a Voice
To a child silenced by injustice, I am a voice.
To a child with whom the world has broken faith, I am someone to believe in.
To a child who knows only rejection, I am unconditional acceptance.
To a child lost in a nightmare, I am permission to dream.
Amid confusion, I am certainty; amid instability, constancy.
Amid cynicism and shame, I am innocence restored.
In a dark labyrinth of bureaucracy, I am a way through—a steady arm around the shoulder, a calming voice in the ear.
Where others are moved to pity, I am moved to action.
I am as quick to confront the powerful as I am to comfort the powerless.
Though I may be visited by discouragement, I do not play host to despair.
I do not relent;
I do not back down;
I do not give up.
In a system of shifting loyalties, my loyalty never wavers.
For while my appointment may come from a court, my calling comes from within.
To the child neglected, the child abused, the child cast upon the mercy of an often merciless system, I am heart and caring and courage personified.
I am a CASA volunteer.
Written and donated by Richards Partners of Dallas, TX (richardspartners.com).