Those who hold to silence; Do! Defend! : <br /> <br />I speak not! for the wear of words which do not mend <br /> <br />I speak not! for their depths which lack all mannerisms of time past <br /> <br />I speak not! for those who once had voice yet could not noise <br /> <br />I speak not! for time ever lost amidst shelves of the lesser rot <br /> <br />I speak not! for each whose young yet knew all hope and no tongue <br /> <br />I speak not! for small Abandon which so many had forgotten to love <br /> <br />I speak not! for pain that trembles in persons depths, at core and embers <br /> <br />I speak not! for losses in the aged and youth ripped out of lifes page <br /> <br />I speak not! for the silence which remains in sun, stars, and rain <br /> <br />I speak not! for tears unshed, hearts unhealed, laughter silenced, lives cut short, glory taken, loss repeated, beauty sodden, peace disrupted, bruises unearned, innocence wizened, hope shattered, silence kept, scars opened, I speak not. <br /> <br />Yet, <br /> <br />I do..............................I will, ................................I must! <br /> <br /> <br />SPEAK for YOU. <br /> <br />By Ruth L. Rivers <br />2-20-08<br /><br />Ruth L. Rivers<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/-279/
