When Can We Say Something?

How many mouths

were silenced,

in the days,

the weeks,

the months,

those tender years?

The Ages.

Can we speak?

Is there anybody out

there, in there, by there?

When can we speak?

Is it appropriate

to say something,

now?

These are the

sentences that

have fallen on deaf ears

over the years,

collective,

for there is no blame.

No Blame.

The time

it takes for something

to be heard,

is precious.

Each repetition,

the asking,

is gold.

But the time

when all ears

are open,

through patience,

the ebb and flow -

then we will know

we have been

heard.

copyright Monika Roleff 2005.