"This Is My Voice"
(Edited)
This Is My Voice
I will not sit here meekly
and watch these actions
that deplete our resources
and take all,
that has been here
before us!
while all the time
this game exists,
where lives
are played,
like disposable pieces
so undervalued,
and so dishonoured,
I refuse to turn the other way.
the many voices
that have gone before us
I can hear them still,
their call to action
their plea
to make sanctuary,
I am stronger
because of them!
their energy
is held
within the earth.
I choose to tap into that
and take charge of my own free will.
what have I to gain?
this talk of ego
it puts one to shame.
I am more that just one person
I am linked with the stars,
with the earth
and the seas.
My visions and ideals run deep
I am not here to please,
those that think it is okay
to sit and wait
who think it is okay
to turn their heads
and walk away.
I take responsibility
for my actions,
for my deeds.
I am not to be contained
I am not one
to be preconceived
I am an original
just like you!
have carved out my way
they have led me towards
all that I seek to implement
all that I wish to envisage
and create this day.
I will be heard,
I will not hang my head in shame
I will not allow this destruction
to go on in my name.
Your Voice,
Your Choice,
What do you choose?
Fellow the leaders
bow your head
and continue to please
Or Create Change
begin to rearrange!
For Repeat, Repeat
is the nature of our defeat
I wrote these two poems in the past and after looking over them decided to change them a little and make them into one whole poem. This newer version really fits in with what I have been talking about of late, in the last few posts that I have written on the platform.
With all the fires that are happening, with the many indigenous people that are being trampled over all in the name of progress and financial gain, from Hawaii where they want to built another Telescope on their Sacred Mountain, to the constant disregard for Aboriginal people in Australia by mining companies and the huge push for 5G right around the world. It feels as though things are really at a tipping point now.
Now is the time to use our voices and to be active, in our homes, in our communities. It starts with Me and You!
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Nice poem TLFam 🙂
I could imagine this being read outloud by someone as I was reading.
I particularly liked the 4th verse,
and the strong rhyme structure to emphasise the message of action.
Very nice 👍
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thanks s much @raj808 I really appreciate your feedback xx
It's a strong piece, my dear. As I read I can only hear my deeper self rise up and say that there is no "they" doing all of this - there is only we. And we need to work together.
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yes we really do need to work together, thank you for your words and support xx
A strong and loving voice at the same time. The word that summons, the word that awakens. Well done, dear.
thanks so much @zeleiracordero xx
Repeat is the nature of our defeat indeed ...
Amazing <3<3<3
thank you my lovely friend xxx