Cut off our tongue because through it
You become deaf to the injustice
You cannot hear what is being said
How can you hear what is not?
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This is brilliant work Cheryl! I wish I could write like this...but I suppose war is a mighty inspiring period to be a poet in....This applies to ALL who think they can behave as TYRANTS, but as you so cleverly express here! The dead can haunt those who live forever....these lines blew me away. Fabulous work
Ascend your ivory towers
Arms folded, stand against a milieu of grandeur
Raise the trident so stillness will reign
Watch us with hawk’s eyes
Eager to witness our fall with a move we make
But you will jump from your verandahs
When stillness will wave its hand
~Waving at you
Tai with thanks
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This is brilliant work Cheryl! I wish I could write like this...but I suppose war is a mighty inspiring period to be a poet in....This applies to ALL who think they can behave as TYRANTS, but as you so cleverly express here! The dead can haunt those who live forever....these lines blew me away. Fabulous work Ascend your ivory towers Arms folded, stand against a milieu of grandeur Raise the trident so stillness will reign Watch us with hawk’s eyes Eager to witness our fall with a move we make But you will jump from your verandahs When stillness will wave its hand ~Waving at you Tai with thanks