Loud Silence Poem by Frederick Baka

I talk, I shout
But who hears
I speak of the wars but
Also of a better future
Yet no one hears me speak

Who can hear my voice
The voice a million others,
Praying acceptance and inclusiveness
Seeking love and understanding
But who wills to hear me speak

Who hears the loud silence
Of the minorities,
Who feels our pain, And anxiety,
Even our pleasure
They have become stoic

The voice of the millions
Blocked by the epicurean nature
Of our corrupt leaders
Though they claim deafness,
We will speak

Though they aver blindness,
We will act and write
Till our loud silence is heard