This Poem was Submitted By: Alan W Goodson On Date: 2000-10-12 22:38:32 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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I Speak

I speak in tongues to no one there, In silent rooms, where no one cares. And those who peer through windows clear, Have filtered views of thoughts concealed. I say hello but no one hears, Just words that dance through salty tears, Across the lines to distant lands, Small grains of thought on desert sands. I walk through walls without a sound, Where space and time become unbound, To mingle with the faceless crowds, And read my silent thoughts aloud. I wander through the empty hall, Just a shadow puppet on the wall, Where light can ever penetrate, Nor ray of sun illuminate. I seek the truth beneath the lies, With little hope for compromise, Where black is black and white is white, And storm clouds form where they unite. I hope for more while finding less, When sins revealed are not confessed, While hours tick away with haste, And time is all that's left to waste. I search for words I cannot find, To light a candle for the blind, Who wouldn't see it anyway, Or hear the words I meant to say. I cry in pain that no one feels, An empty world where nothing's real, But when I die, I hope to smile, I speak, but only for a while.

Copyright © October 2000 Alan W Goodson


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