In our conversation
If you do not care to listen
Then how can you answer me?
Silent
Listen
They use the same letters
It's so we can talk
So I can hear you
And you can hear me
So we can respond
With understanding
And not just to ourselves
Agree or not
Is only relevant
If we have listened
Piaf powerhouse : non, je ne regrette rien
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
I write for you to feel.
So it’s alright for you to feel…that way.
I drive for me to clear...this space,
just hope that you don’t veer in my lane.
I’m a scream, I’m a honk
to all ears.
To all ears,
I’m whatever you say,
it’s from whatever you say that I feel this way.
Bumpy reeled, lovely still.
Either way it’s not for the bill of biz
tempered quiz of a different situation, I’m encountered with, so
I say what from feelings, for feels you’re willing to give
before you talk and I’m all ears,
I’m all ears, now give me your spiel
for real, I’m all ears.
Am all ears for you baby
As you cry many tears daily
As you harbour many fears lately
No cheers can mollify you, sadly
I like being your shoulder to lean on
Like a friend I'll comfort you like none
With me your pains would be numb
I know the exact dose to take you to the happy zone
But I laugh so much inside
Am laughing so much at you it's my pride
Remembering you did the same thing to me, I had no guide
Now you do the same thing to her, no more bride
Continue living in your lala land
Continue with your fruitless plans
Your little tactics are your own pranks
Maybe you should worry about whose side I stand
I’m All Ears
By Elton Camp
When we become adults, most growth will cease
There’re places that continue their size to increase
The lens of the eye, bigger and bigger will it get
In middle age there’s no longer any focusing of it
To read fine print, farther and father we hold it away
No use, we will be forced to wear glasses some day
The nose is another body part that continues to grow
When old enough, we say, “Oh, if only that wasn’t so.”
Another place that will gradually grow bigger, I fear
Is the flap of the ear, which will bring to us no cheer
While even normal sized ears look quite bad enough,
Having them become huge when we’re old is tough
And while it is sad, but true, the belly may grow too
But unlike the other three, if it happens is up to you
sometimes
silence is...
the key
to listening....
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