My Reason

"My name is Rosemary... and this is my reason of why I stand infront of you men today, I wish to become a member of this court to fight for the rights of our people, not only the women of this nation but also... the slaves" the men in the room gasped but I continued.

"Everyone deserves their rights, you men only give so many rights to slaves due to your outlook on them. You see them as property." some protests could be heard but I trudged on "I'm also here to discuss ideas for the future, since we're on the brink of war. I have many ideas-" my speech was cut off by a court member yelling out "Where is the king?!" the whole court room started discussing and arguing... it was unbearable.

I know that I could've just walked out or just stayed quiet but I was tired of walking out, I was tired of staying quiet. My hands were clenched and my fingernails were digging into my palms, I let out a frustrated scream while saying "QUIET! ALL OF YOU! YOU ARE NOT CHILDREN, YOU MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS, ONES THAT COULD EFFECT THE WORLD AND YET HERE ALL OF YOU ARE ACTING LIKE IGNORANT LITTLE CHILDREN!!" after screaming the whole room went dead silent. It was like people stopped breathing, like time stopped.

It felt like hours before I cleared my throat and continued on with my speech. And by the end of the day I was voted as a member of court with no vetoes. I suppose that the only way I was ever going to get through to them is to get it through their thick skulls that I wasn't somebody to be ignored, we decided that the next court date would be next week. No one asked about my father.