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THE VOICELESS VOICE
This is the voice
Voice of the voiceless
The vulnerable voiceless
Cramped between jaws of poverty
Jaws of powerlessness,
Squeezed between jaws of landlessness
Jaws of utter abstraction.
This is the voice
The voice of the suffering innocent
Uncertain voice crying for human dignity
Heart-cracking voice of street kids
The fruits of some rovers' lust
Mindless lust tirelessly seeding emblems of earthly cruelty.
This is the tireless voice
The voice of the ages
Regretful voice of a war-widowed lady
Forced to sell her once-sacred between
To afford the unaffordable modern life,
Double sacrifice for heroism.
This is the tearful voice
Voice of the evicted squatter
Resting but to unrest
With his possessions ever over his head
Trudging daily to his dying hour
Homeless
Friendless
Grumbling about the-to-be that never was.
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| Soul shaking! Great. |
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| So powerful and really well written. Speaks to the heart and petitions the mind. |
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| I don't think I have ever seen repetition used so well, it underscores the damage in our society and points unerringly to the discrepancies between poverty and privilege. Amazing! |
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Yes, this is very powerful. I found the energy and economy of your words visual, emotive and full of strength.
This poem has such relevance across the globe today. It calls out to me to see the humanity in the lives wasted by war, hatred, greed, hunger, etc.
Like a photograph that encaspulates a world in one scene, this poem will stay with me. |
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| 'Mindless lust tirelessly seeding emblems of earthly cruelty' - that line says so much. The entire poem just blew me away. This is getting bookshelved... |
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