by Jonnie Chastain

Created on: January 23, 2012   Last Updated: January 24, 2012

I will not be silenced

As long as there are stories left to write,
As long as there are poems to recite,
As long as there’s a wrong we need to right,
I will not be silenced.

As long as there are thoughts we need to share,
As long as there is hatred and despair,
As long as there is suffering anywhere,
I will not be silenced.

As long as some grow fat upon their greed,
While all about them others are in need,
As long as there’s a hungry mouth to feed,
I will not be silenced.

As long as men cry out in vain for peace,
And pray with all their hearts for war to cease,
Until love for one another doth increase,
I will not be silenced.

And when I go and leave this world behind,
Upon some written pages you will find,
My message, filled with hope, for all mankind,
I will not be silenced.

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