Speak and the World will Listen

Speak and the World will Listen

I have walked the roads,
and strolled the paths,
that have lead me to this troubled state,
where time is meaningless,
and the world is mute,
and I sit and await the coming of fate.

Here alone I ponder this,
and wonder what tremors are yet to come,
for fate is fickle and men so young,
leaving in its wake a state of wounded numb.

And I am left to ponder with great distress,
tears unshed and words unsaid,
the state the world lies crumbled in,
and watch in horror,
the mounting piles of the dead.

Women tortured, women harassed,
women raped, and what at last?
Men fighting,
Men dying on foreign ground,
leaving naught but bitter spirits bound.

People hungry, children in tears,
a world at war, beyond my comprehension.
Cities flooded, homes destroyed,
leaving in its wake environmental devastation.
and all of this - beyond my imagination.

This world so young, its children too,
casting about to fight like fools,
while small men in power,
force upon this world the fighting
of their own personal duels.

Tears unshed and words unsaid,
I leave this thought with you,
will you sit in troubled silence
weeping for the fallen few,
or will you stand and voice your shout,
casting aside the horrors you are forced to view,
And speak with voice and vote in hand,
all that you know to be true?


Author's Notes: I am troubled by the world today. All of the pain suffered by ......well.........everyone......if we are honest. Rape, murder, war, religion, ecological devastation....this is just an eye opening reminder to voice your opinion and shout your outrage, because no one will ever know if you do not speak out loud. Speak and the world will listen, even if it takes a lifetime.