Megaphone
I scream from this megaphone,
this God-given voice amplifier!
It is a gift to me, but only works
in a certain way ... backwards!
It is clear that my megaphone
was mis-created just for me.
I shout words like: "help me!"
It reverberates within me again.
The words I incant, echo into me
like I'm yelling down a canyon -
to a passage that is within me -
I hear a cry, but no one else does.
I am a drum, an empty one, alone.
I try to call out, but only cry within.
The reverb attacks my sensibilities,
and so I scream again in disgust ...
But I only repulse myself; I'm alone.
I call though, again, out to you ...
Alone, I hear my echo'd cry for you.
Copyright © Kristi Thrush | Year Posted 2007
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