Mute and Deafening
By Wiccad
People dressed in black
All crowding into a tiny crack
Speech
is muffled, cannot make it out
Straining to hear the words that may
come out
Sobbing and sniffles filling the air
Most of them
look at the floor and stare
Movements are deliberate and slow
Flying
overhead I see a crow
The air is perfumed with fresh lily scents
My eyes seem hazy so I rely on my sixth sense
I feel anger and sadness
Even feelings of gladness
"What the hells going on?" I yell
out
But no one seems to hear my shout
I clear my throat to yell
out again
Nothing comes out but my throat seems strained
I start to tremble inside with fear
My confusion and panic make
it harder to hear
I cannot speak out, I cannot hear
What the
hell is happening here?
I push my way through the wave of black
Just trying to see, are you all on crack?
There it was before my
blurred vision
A shiny black coffin, with me inside.........
Suddenly I take flight
My wings as black as night
Flying over
the funeral, I am done
I am the crow and freedom has finally come
Comments on "Mute and Deafening"
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On Monday, September 25, 2017, Just Dave
(448) wrote:
I found this through the random poem link. Glad I did. Very, very visual. Love it. JD
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On Tuesday, April 6, 2010, Malcholm Dark
(806) wrote:
Wow W, that was a tremendously visual piece... I like how you became the crow, so cool.... Your poems do you great justice, thank-you...
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A former member wrote:
this was rich with emotion and feelings!!
very well done!! ~ hdb.