Listen

Listen

by Aristede Craig Jr. on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 9:11pm

and the world can’t take my whispers in their ear,
so they let the words pounce in the mouths of others near,
and a i told ya so's leaves my mind,
trying to contain my mouth from following behind,
see the instance where i think you don’t, but at the same time you do,
which means you stop thinking but i think even more when i review....
i just thought yall should hear me
as if the feeling neutral i just want your ears to see
me as i speak again you don’t have to acquire anything its whatever suits you
your feeling and intake can remain neutral
as if i haven’t figure you out before you peered into my world
i just want you to listen but it seems so many ears seem to spoil

like milk sitting out after eating cookies but I couldn’t finish

I don’t seem to listen

And yet I ask you too, I ask them to just open their ears

Silent tears arent really silent listen

You heard her crying out before she jumped  and committed death

With a child that never took a breath outside of herself

And doctors saying it aint f*****g healthy

But when the people yell help me

Yall only hear them as they are drowning in the ocean floating motion.less 

As you admit and look back and say you know what she came to me he came to me

I heard it , but it seemed it wasn’t of importance

And then you cry hearing them cry over and over in the cycle of regret

As she stood in the front you turned your back and she leaned to  and leaned on

Dying  all of them did … did you listen do you listen to your kids

By  Edet Sira

Author's Note

sometimes you dont hear what should be heard parents you are as stubborn as the children... sometimes just listen.. Edet Sira

Reviews

[November Gold]

Perfect. When we can stop talking long enough to listen great things happen. :) I liked this a lot

[.......]

Such a powerful read,
thank you for your reviews.
Enjoyed this

[Ruth]

Seldom do we listen to people! Strikes at the core hon! Excellent!
xx

[Alicia Hirshey]

This had a powerful message behind it. Love it.

[TJ]

Powerful message. We all need to take a minute to just listen to people and the world around us and maybe we could start to fix things