Please Dry Our Tears
by Seah Greenhorn
(Poem with copyright)
Violent
and vengeful
hearts and minds.
and vengeful
hearts and minds.
Reigning terror
curving spines,
in an attempt to bring changes,
through methods sad and mentally deranged,
if random acts of anger are considered necessary arrangements.
To bring in love and harmony maiming strangers?
What place is safe from tragedy?
What will it take to set us free from darkness growing steadily?
Is one nation right for sure?
Should power force only the poor?
Who has the answer to these questions?
Where do we run for safe protection?
Is this the hour that we feared?
Is nuclear war ascending near?
Does God Almighty hear our prayers?
Is He One who really cares?
Should we be strapping on guns to use?
Will violence be the course to choose?
Is this the hour that we feared?
To hatred's rule should we adhere?
Who will silence every cry?
When will we say our last good-byes?
The sound of silence we want to hear!
Shield us from the eyes that leer,
instilling reasons to run then veer
as hunted down
endearing deers, not needed game
just claimed to peer
from mounting walls
Please dry our tears!
curving spines,
in an attempt to bring changes,
through methods sad and mentally deranged,
if random acts of anger are considered necessary arrangements.
To bring in love and harmony maiming strangers?
What place is safe from tragedy?
What will it take to set us free from darkness growing steadily?
Is one nation right for sure?
Should power force only the poor?
Who has the answer to these questions?
Where do we run for safe protection?
Is this the hour that we feared?
Is nuclear war ascending near?
Does God Almighty hear our prayers?
Is He One who really cares?
Should we be strapping on guns to use?
Will violence be the course to choose?
Is this the hour that we feared?
To hatred's rule should we adhere?
Who will silence every cry?
When will we say our last good-byes?
The sound of silence we want to hear!
Shield us from the eyes that leer,
instilling reasons to run then veer
as hunted down
endearing deers, not needed game
just claimed to peer
from mounting walls
Please dry our tears!
Write a poem for contest DISTURBED Sounds of Silence
This a BIG challenge. Bring your A game or nothing at all.
One of my favorite bands, Disturbed, has produced a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence.
Do yourself a favor and watch the YouTube clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
What I want for this competition is YOUR sounds of silence. Raw. Deep. And filled with your own personal demons and angels.
What I don’t want:
* rewrites of the song
* poems about Disturbed or David Draiman
* poems about Simon & Garfunkel
* overuse of key phrases from the song
Be warned. I know the band and the song intimately – any attempt at evading these rules/conditions will be immediately noticed.
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102011203#h=1:0-36:0
This a BIG challenge. Bring your A game or nothing at all.
One of my favorite bands, Disturbed, has produced a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence.
Do yourself a favor and watch the YouTube clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
What I want for this competition is YOUR sounds of silence. Raw. Deep. And filled with your own personal demons and angels.
What I don’t want:
* rewrites of the song
* poems about Disturbed or David Draiman
* poems about Simon & Garfunkel
* overuse of key phrases from the song
Be warned. I know the band and the song intimately – any attempt at evading these rules/conditions will be immediately noticed.
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102011203#h=1:0-36:0
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