Be Heard

Be Heard

Scream for all the world to hear
Make their drums reverberate and tremble 
Force them to listen to your silence
Those who have stretched your borrowed ear

With their incessant and empty whispers
They've returned no outlet for your fire
For the intense pressure building inside 
While we the close few can see the sparks

They burn bright behind those placid eyes
And we dread the impending destruction 
Borne from the embers of its desire 
The sequence of inevitability 

That only from the ash will they understand
The reason that your peaceable hand 
Is held tight over the truth of your speech
And hidden away from others hunger for help

Let it be known that you have a voice 
One that may smell of roses and spring
But there is pain caught in your throat
Swallowed whole each day by your pride
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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March 22, 2019 at 9:45 AM
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March 22, 2019 at 9:57 AM
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