“Falling on Deaf Ears” I sit around wishing you could read my mind, The troubles I keep to myself, addicted to the twisted bind. It seems as though I thrive on that adversity, Challenging myself to overcome all disparity. Can you see the wheels spinning inside my head? I’m a prisoner in my own mind, what else can be said? I stay awake for hours trying to figure out all the answers, Answers to what you may ask, Answers to life’s Angers. You think to yourself the impossibilities of my task, But I don’t work that way this is no mask. Inside I am yelling but the walls entrap all the sound, How do I let it out so that it is no longer bound? It seems simple enough, open up to the world, Maybe the world is what keeps the sound curled. Feel what I am saying; engulf it with an embrace, Decode the puzzle and my heart you will unlace. I’m like the largest puzzle looking to get solved, But I can’t give any clues I would then dissolve. You may not understand, I’m not sure if you should, I’ll tell you this, if I could just tell you I would. The weight of the world is heavy, but I accept its load, I can only become stronger and wiser as I continue to grow. I have begun to understand how he feels inside that cage, I try not to let it get to me I never show my rage. Sometimes I am invisible to see right through, I mean nothing to them so they choose not to see that I’m true. The world is cruel; I’m dealing, only moving straight ahead, Open your ears, digest all of my words, maybe then you’ll have heard what I just said. Copyright © 2000 Jerome Raynell Roseborough
Reason for writing:
Assumptions always lead to misinterpretations. The puzzle of the human mind will be a never ending saga to the tick-tocks of the never ending question....What makes you tick?
Birth sign: Capricorn
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