Hear no evil

I'm soundproof 
I block out 
Everything that 
Holds no value 
Time is ticking away 
And sand slipping away
I can not hear 
What you say 
But you gestures
Catches my attention 
But my retention 
On the subject matter 
Is not on what 
Happens in reality 
But more in my mind 
Where peace in mind 
Has no time 
And subliminal messages 
Cannot touch me here 
Where insecurities 
Are abolished 
And my personality 
Can run free 
I get to play with my 
Inner child 
And not be able 
To feel the feedback 
Of someone's word play 
The world works in my favor 
But one I have to wake up
My acoustics change 
And I start to hear things 
My voice is gone
So I have to communicate 
With my hands 
Because I can hear you 
But i can't speak to you
My hands can try 
To start a conversation 
But I would look 
Weird talking in a language 
You wouldn't understand 
So I let my swag 
Start my conversation 
As my hands guide 
The phrases to invade 
Your silence 
Hoping you'll understand me 
Like music 
I need no words for you
To understand 
My story 
Well since you're used to
History 
Let me drop my story 
In your curriculum 
Let my methods 
Encourage you to 
Wanna move in multiple 
Directions knowing if 
You stopped a compass 
Couldn't tell your direction
Knowing my selection 
Is not what you want 
But what you need 
Receive this message 
From my blind side 
And see the beauty 
Of the pulse 
Of my heart 
Thumping 
The beat is bumping 
My meter is running on 
Common time 
Knowing if it ran faster 
I'd master the flow 
Hear the divisi 
Of the instruments 
That come 
So beautiful 
Like a conversation 
I wish I could 
Hug your composer 
And thank the accompanist 
So let's bow to the audience 
Thank everyone for coming 
I loved feeling your 
Energy 
As the you given 
Me life on stage 
And knowing everyday 
Is half of the battle 
Matter of fact 
I won the war 
Based off my reconstruction 
But my words can hold meaning 
Without seeing color 
I bleed my soul 
Onto a piece of paper 
Composing a master piece 
That sometimes 
Leaves my mouth 
At a lost of words 
And my ears to the mercy
Of my scripture 
To practice what I 
Preach and what I 
Choose to hear 
Nothing is worse than fear 
Than fear itself 
Stop letting words stress you 
About expressing yourself 

Comments

Cheyenne M Jenkins

I just joined this site 2 minutes ago LITERALLY and already I am absolutely in love with your work .. For a while I questioned if I could continue writing but just now after reading this I know I have to keep writing .. "nothing is worse than fear than fear itself" Thank You

Just

Nice poem

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