Silent
I have a voice… going unheard
As loud as a deathening silent
I have from a thousand but one word
Will someone listen to reason?
Why and when was my life decided?
To have an idea but impossible to achieve
Wasn’t money I earned provided?
Yet by standards I’m unable to receive
Do I need qualifications to be free?
But I see obtaining it as part of a program to be controlled
If I’m stupid or perhaps smart enough to be
I choose otherwise if not otherwise only I know…
I am no stranger to loneliness
Losing my family and friends is a matter of time
What troubles me is unfounded solemnness
And how only by division I was made left behind
I have a voice… going silent
As loudly as I hear… goes unheard
To understand I haven’t the qualifications only my reasons
Amounts as much a thousand without a single word
……………….
22/2/2022
Copyright © Joel Lee | Year Posted 2022
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