Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

He Spoke To No One

He spoke to no one keeping his pain to himself.
No one knew. Everyone was busy. They did not know him.
They might have cared if they had known.

He had spent his entire life being silent.
Not speaking up for himself was his familial pattern.
He tried his best to be invisible.
Not that it helped.

When he went to school, his teachers tried to get him to speak.
But he had already lost his voice.
He passed silently, as he had lived.
No one remembering.
No one knowing him
Really.

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M. L. Kiser February 14, 2019 at 11:22 AM It does happen; well penned. Caren Krutsinger February 14, 2019 at 12:02 PM It does, and through no fault of their own, they think it is their fault...

Line Gauthier February 13, 2019 at 12:49 PM A very touching poem, Caren. Caren Krutsinger February 13, 2019 at 7:02 PM Thank you Line. It is touching when I see it, and it is so difficult to watch happen...

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart February 13, 2019 at 12:16 PM Sad. And undoubtably true. Caren Krutsinger February 13, 2019 at 7:03 PM So often, the little ones have lost hope by the time they get to school at age five. I have seen it at age three also.