Prop: The King’s Speech [use a clip from the movie near the conclusion in which the king is grateful to have been freed]

Being “voiceless” has been the cause of many a revolution. Slavery, women’s suffrage, child abuse, human trafficking —the progress of history is the story of the voiceless finding a voice and struggling to be free. The stifled voice will find a way to be heard. Those who have difficulty “finding” their voice, after many years of not “speaking,” will be freed by the act of speaking.

Scottish poet Alastair Reid 1926-2014), wrote this poem in his autobiography:

“A boy, I was content to cling to silence . . .
My sudden voice was too surprised to sing;
Year followed year, the faithful falling seasons.
My voice was never confident for long.
Now autumn haunts me with the fea…