Voices

By Amanda Wray

 

If you took the time to know me...

But most people don't.

There is so much to see...

But most people won't.

 

All these people in my head

I can hear them call

Through me they are not dead,

For I will voice them all.

 

But my walls have grown too high

And I can't let them out

And the time passes by

And they shout and shout.

 

I must let them free

Or the world will never know

The things that you see,

Socrates, Darwin, Galileo.

 

Once I had a sword

Held high for all to see

I looked down to the world

And they looked up to me.

 

Now I am soaked by the rain

And on bended knee

I feel so much pain

But you just won't see.

 

For the rain hides my tears

As the voices cry

And the chill hides my fears

I can't let them die.

 

Why won't you know me?

I can't let you know me.