Victors without a Voice

Photo: Ron Przysucha

There is so much to say yet our words are empty
Soundlessly standing on the global stage
Everyone’s attention trained in our direction
Cautiously eyeing our next move

This is not your return, they say
When we respond, we are hardly audible and wholly incomprehensible

We will never let you return, they say
We don’t respond at all

I dream of the day we grab the microphone
And announce with pride and certainty
This is our return, there is none who can stop Him

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