Can you hear it?
I tell you my story
But you don't understand
You stare at me blankly
Like you can't comprehend
That these things
Could happen to a person
Can happen
Will happen
Are happening
Right now
In this world
In this state
In this town
We can't stop it
It's in our minds
Screaming and yelling
We try for help
But no body hears
Our cries aren't loud enough
The wind just carries our words away
So all we can do
Is trudge through the halls
Trying to keep
The screaming at bay.
But there it comes
There down the hall
Quiet like a thought
Loud like a freight train
It squeals to a stop
Right in our heads
Put our stuff on the floor
Crying
And wait
For the screaming to end.
-V
YOU ARE READING
When You Read it, You'll know me
PoetryJust words that flow A river in my head It twists and turns And never stays the same The current is strong You can never go back Pen it down And remember The joy of the ride Through the rough bumpy tide That are the words In my mind.
