Words Remain

When pointless wars are fought And individuals’ voices are lost Among shells and magazines and bombs and fire Only the written word remains When a freedom is questioned And ideas are imprisoned Beat down by the government, regulators, and society Only the written word remains When a people is silenced by oppression Cheated out of their vocal confession And thoroughly erased by the media Only the written word remains I write because ink is like cement And words once written Become forever engraved Only the written word remains