People---
Lend me your ears
It's time to wake up and listen to the voices you hear
The voices of what's right
The voices of love that's in your eye sight,
The voices of mother's silently rocking their child to sleep,
The voices of hatred bury deep,
The voices of crying souls
Crying souls weeping.

People--
Lend me your heart
To put to death the pain like fire that starts
To burn and burn
What have we learned nothing
Not a damn thing.

Can you hear the children cry
Empty bellies without the food of knowledge to be fed
And if you don't feed it will be dead.
A world crumpling all around
And there is a certain sound
Called silence.

People---
My people what have you done
You gambled away you had not leaving anything but one
Loser in fool's game
And then walk out of pockets emptied not knowing you own name.

The deafen sounds are around you now
But I don't know how
You will survive
How will you thrive Grow tall inside
Like a tree unbent.

People--
Oh my people can heart
The end is knowing at your door
And when Death comes before you
What will you rightly say?
What will you do today?
Time is running, running out---
Times up!!!!!
12 Feb. 2021