Each week, the Standard reaches out to Austin’s Typewriter Rodeo for a custom poem on Texas topics.
Michael Minasi / KUT News
A rainbow breaks through distant rain clouds as the sun sets on Aug. 26, 2024, in Austin.
Soft voices
Be careful of your voice
It is so much stronger than you know
Be aware of your thoughts
They set the stage for the places you’ll go
Use your words
To build a future that is worthy of yourself
Speak up and of great health and wealth
Remember every rainbow needs a storm
Remember change is foreign until it is the norm
It may not be of ease to envision something
You yourself may have never even seen
But that is why we dream
To create new fates, with faith, new beings
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