The Broken Record

Caged birds sing broken records with strained vocal chords,

Hoping someone tunes in

Even though their strings need tuning.

A cacophony of unsynchronized notes, greet the dark matter…

Sound waves.

Their voices get drowned out by time, but

Their lyrics still flow,

Still current.

Etched into the background noise like audible graffiti,

Their art becomes the sound of the needy,

Protesting the desires of the greedy.

Caged birds can not spread their wings, so

They let their words fly and their messages travel for them…

This is the song the caged bird sings,

Though heard by many, it’s understood by few:
“True freedom is within, for universe lives in you.”

Deafening

This emptiness is deafening.

The sound of nothing echoes through the canals of my ears, as it beats on the drums, and triggers these tears.

This emptiness is deafening,

Cause all I seem to feel is the presence of nothing and the absence of everything.

This emptiness is deafening.

I am hollow, these bones are hollow, these victories are hollow.

THIS EMPTINESS IS DEAFENING!

Am I the only one aware of the lack of substance in the air OR is it just that I’m, the only one who cares?

Are you even listening? Baby, are you there? Can anyone hear me? Am I not being clear?

My emptiness is deafening.

I’m just waiting to disappear.