Thursday, December 27, 2007

You Gotta Talk

So I was on a trip recently after a hectic start to term. It was very relaxing, and I wrote a few poems. The following is the one that really Spoke to me most. There are a couple of rough bits but I think you will get the Idea:

Here is the audio

Speak Out


If you see something wrong

do you try to fix it?

If you see something wrong

and are asked your opinion

do you give it?

Do you give your opinion

knowing that it may,

just may,

do more harm than good?

Knowing that you,

you alone,

are all that stands between two lovers.

Knowing that you

could split them apart like an ax splits wood

or keep them together like pi and circles

Knowing all this,

do you give your opinion?


Do you let your voice be heard?

Do you speak out

and make the hills echo with the voice of righteousness?

Your Voice!


Do you speak out

even when you are speaking alone?

Do you speak out

even when you're talking to people who don't care?


Have you ever tried simply saying what you think?

If you did would it be good?

Or bad?

Would it help people?

Or hurt people?

Would it keep people together?

Or split them apart?


And do you really need to say anything at all?

Or is just being there enough?


The answers to these questions and many more...

I don't know.

I simply do not know.


But what I do know

is that you have to try

to speak out

to say what you believe

to give your opinion

and whatever happens....

Hope that it is

GOOD.

1 comment:

Kara Shallenberg said...

Wow. Excellent and thought-provoking. Wow.