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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

Copyright © Ronald Tirino | Year Posted 2016

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