The silent man

full of light

With eyes that shine with wisdom

He looks over the city before him

He speaks no words as he wanders the streets

He sees those around him

With heads bent and knees bowed

The man stands straight and tall

Nothing to bind him

His feet are light and sure

All around him

Careless words filled with hate

Broken eyes stare to the ground

Dark days lead to darker nights

The house on top of the hill

Will this man bend to the darkness surrounding him?

Will he give in to the sorrow and the hate?

Will he relish in the power of fury?

Live for the moment

To choose this path he must make a sacrifice

One he may give without a thought

Without warning the light would disappear

Is hope a candle flame in a storm

As it flickers what thoughts would go through his broken mind

Would he breakdown if he let the weak flame disappear in the raging unrelenting winds?

The storm that whips his hair and throws dirt in his face

Shelter the flame

Keep it close to your heart

this is what he tells the men he passes

They see a madman

They see nothing except the darkness in their own hearts.

The sun rises

my eyes fall to my feet

Hands slide over my eyes

hide my shame

blind me

Keep me from the souunds that fill my head

they will not leave, screams of terror

the smell of acrid smoke and burning hair

claw at it, make it leave

suffocate it qiuet at last

I stand blind to the world

stumbling in the dark

speaking of things i cannot see

it feels as though someone does not like the fact that i still stand

still on my two feet

a sharp pain in my legs, my knees explode

the sound of metal hitting bone

I fall

I gasp

I scream

Im tied down

on my knees in the dark

I sense my final hour coming

creeping in the darkness

To die on my knees

this i cannot bear

Im overcome with despair

An unseen hand closes 'round my mouth

suffocating my sprit

tears slide down my face

 i let myself go blind

did they beat me into submission?

I remember the beatings to my legs

blood trickles down my calves

or did they take me, dragged my down insode

Did i allow myself to become deaf, dumb and blind?

Blind to the man who closed my eyes

Not wanting to see

i succumbed tot he anodine feeling

and now as i struggle to make my lips move i connot voice my pain

( im not all that good at this but one day i got bored in math class