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Need to Change
Why does everything have to change? the people we knew are now so lost and lonely stepping out like a ghost into the morning mist and I watch as their tears fall like the rain as they walk past their former selves and then back again... And around here I can hear the distant cries of a mother as she lies next to her baby that was once alive around here no one ever stands up straight not one head is upraised towards the sky... around here these silent rooms tell the stories of empty beds and sleepless nights I walk these empty streets again looking at empty houses standing solemn in the dark... around here I can feel the empty arms, the misplaced glances and the longing for someone not from here... Mama, why won't you let me in? open the door, now let me inside you know I can't go home anymore... I have lost my way back I cannot stand this empty silence anymore as I stand here I hear voices inside... If someone is with you why won't you open up and let me inside? Around here why won't someone try to change? break this silence fill the void in my mind around here... © Ryan Cheek, 1999 |