Photo: AP / Gregory Bull

Do not be reticent

About the truth.

When stolen children

Cry

Deprived of trust

Of hope

Of warmth,

Those of us who have

A voice

Must use it,

For the helpless

Cannot.

Merriam-Webster’s word for July 27, 2018:

Reticent

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