Listen to the children cry
Listen to mortals when they die
Listen to that deceptive lie
Listen to those reasons why
Listen.. Listen..

Listen to hearts that are scared
Listen to violence through lead
Listen to hatred ancestors bred
Listen to the colour red
Listen.. Listen..

Listen to the poor unfed
Listen to the lives they have led
Listen to the feelings unsaid
Listen to what goes through their head
Listen.. Listen..

Listen to the power abused
Listen to the intelligence misused
Listen to the innocent accused
Listen to those bastards amused
Listen.. Listen..

Listen to the covenants unkept
Listen to the affliction of depth
Listen to the graves unslept
Listen to the world or what is left
Listen.. Listen..

Lynette Dias Gouveia

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