Silent Shout
You stood in front of me so forelorn
Your eyes spoke loudly to my soul.
Beseeching me to please just listen
To the silent keening of your pain.
"I don't know why I do it,
I can not tell you why.
Don't say that I can help it
Sometimes I just want to die."
My heart broke as I listened to you.
So young and full of dispair.
I wonder that you stand so tall
Carrying it all on fragile shoulders.
"My parents do not care to know.
My friends just think I'm nuts.
My teachers are professionals
Who only see the cuts. "
My human response is normal.
I want to undue the damage
That life could reek such havoc
On such a young and untried life.
"The doctors give me pills.
The councilars nod their head.
When all I really want to do
Is sleep all day in bed."
I open my arms, offering to you
my compassionate heart, my shoulder.
I promise to listen without critique.
A friend, a connection, some solice.
"Thank you for not shouting.
Thank you for being there.
Thank you for your silence.
and showing that you care."
© Copyright 2004 Amawitch-granny witch
