Falling On Deaf Ears

Fragile from the start, 
Amazing I stood on my own two feet
I was younger, smaller, 
Female, weak,
And strength was never my strong point.

A mummy’s girl
Clingy, strange  
In a world gone mad.
Shy of my own voice
Whispering in a crowd of screams.

Quivered after the beatings, 
Never stood up and said ”no”
I would have run, but nowhere to go
And strength was never my strong point.

Only answered back when heads were turned,
Falling on deaf ears
My whispers 
I n a crowd of screams.

Id never amount to much,
Only had dreams’
And dreams are a burden
To the bully’s Flightless  
Under the weight of their own grief.

Strength was never my strong point, 
But here I am all the same 
Firm, unmovable,
And here I am, 
in that crowd of screams  
Little whispers got up
And began to sing.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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