Stop, be silent
Open your ears

Listen, please, just be
Present to their fears

The longer you talk
Tighter the knot gets

What have you taught them
Through noise, ignorance

How can a voice
so small just drown

Without notice
Amongst the crowd

Have you ever listened
To a young person’s dream

Or did you only hear
Their last scream

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