Message In a Bottle

message in a bottle Message in a bottle This poem is this poem is for the Silenced voices that no one hears drowned out by constructed distractions of empty noises This poem is this poem is a Witness every child taken by night imprisoned in fear where innocence is stripped bare of their humanity and dignity taken in the name of good the most vulnerable ones with no one to speak for them they that profit from them use them up then leave them to the streets to fend for themselves This poem this poem is a Hopeful Prayer so all can be free from want and free from fear no hidden chains no hidden locks no hidden walls and blocked out gates filled with grief and hate free from harm and of blight and closing doors free to be that which they can be within the light of day a place of hope and empathy with all the things one needs to grow This poem this poem is an Anthem to the dignity of man an d that which brings out the best the part of me that becomes the we gives at it is free the growing spirit of life through living when given the space that’s needed free to think free to be free to share participate and work This poem this poem is a Testament of innocence condemned to solitary forgotten tortured souls behind the iron cage dehumanized stripped of their humanity pipe lined shuffled out of sight institutionalized brutality of the night stifled within the shadows of their youth testament to the recognition of what is there This poem this poem is an Acknowledgement to things hid from us to see in the shadows of the day of night in the name of this or that behind the trenches of fearless souls between bleeding wires and dripping water in covered hooded robes all the things were not told within the silence put on hold This poem this poem is for those with Courage who found the strength to speak and stand in the face of terror who had their moral compass straight to what was right and wrong and willingness to set things straight and go against the power This poem this poem is a Shinning Light to shine a light on truth that’s in the making for that which is and yet not seen but is there just the same to shine this light so we can see and might be able to change that which needs to change dedicated to all those who fight against oppressio