Consequence of Silence

Hatred is scattering its potent seeds
Aimed at tired and indifferent minds
People both too young and too old to care 
Become complacent, cowards, deaf and blind.

See the gloom spreading like an old cancer

Poisoning each and every single thought

With our backs turned and our eyes averted

We go about these endless days aimlessly lost.

Our lips sealed, too scared to be seen or heard

Or else walk about branded as troublemakers

Stir up that pot that nobody wants to taste

Our stomachs grumbling for a deeper hunger.

A taste for good old justice, equality and truth

Have we forgotten the power of our collective voices?

Our chorus of alternative choices that can shed light

If we come together, impassioned, aware, undeterred.

Speak up! Get involved and start to care again!

This is our homeland, our future and our strife!

We should never trade it over for words left unsaid

Or the consequence of our silence is our lives!