ametaznes (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ametaznes) wrote,@ 2008-04-12 13:51:00 |
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Can Only Speak for Me - (rwp prompt #22 "speak freely")
I can see them in pictures
in shreds of old paper
pasted to books, mounted on walls
I've never known these faces
or could pretend to know
pain like this
I wander about my one-room
in a small city in Korea
thousands of miles from
any news. any update.
I could find it all somewhere
but I don't.
If i keep it at arms length
if i speak out in passion when
i feel compelled to do so
then I've done my part - haven't I?
I've made my mark
I've done nothing.
Even now on my bed
I pound the keys in vain
I live a thousand seconds of peace
and never feel one of them
as hard or as long
as they might.
I can see them in pictures
in shreds of old paper
pasted to books, mounted on walls
I've never known these faces
or could pretend to know
pain like this
I wander about my one-room
in a small city in Korea
thousands of miles from
any news. any update.
I could find it all somewhere
but I don't.
If i keep it at arms length
if i speak out in passion when
i feel compelled to do so
then I've done my part - haven't I?
I've made my mark
I've done nothing.
Even now on my bed
I pound the keys in vain
I live a thousand seconds of peace
and never feel one of them
as hard or as long
as they might.
