Silent, muffled, shout

What should I wear
To hide myself
Isn’t the skin enough?
It keeps me wrapped up
Encased
Entrapped

What should I wear
to save myself
Isn’t this tough hide enough?
It keeps me protected
Armoured
Cocooned

What should I wear
to be accepted
Isn’t this colour correct?
It keeps me camouflaged
Uniform
Blended

What should I say
To be heard
Isn’t the scream loud?
It keeps me in tune
Silent
Muffled

Yet the glimmer escapes
a glimpse of what can be
Isn’t that what can’t be hidden?
It keeps me hopeful
Praying
Waiting

River of Time

What are you most worried about for the future?

What’s tomorrow now

Will be the Today, tomorrow

I am hopeful now

I should be happy tomorrow

What it would bring

Tomorrow only knows

It’s for me to dream today

Reality, god only knows

I am just a flow

Through the river of time

I am here now

I will still be here tomorrow

All that it means to me

There is a song in the flow

They are back

Filling the empty house

voices

invading the silence

Flurry of activities

Edging on the chaotic

And yet the cacophony

has a calmness

Like a breezy music

On a sunny day

Alongside a gushing stream

I just watch

And I sit and wonder

If it makes sense

Yet it holds

All that means to me