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by A. Lo’vhenas

THE WORLD IS SO LOUD

People are gossiping and

Engines are revving and

Sirens are wailing and 

Creatures are crying and

Storms are blowing and 

Not one of them knows when to

Stop

My head is spinning and

My ears are ringing and

The sky is darkening and

My chest is heaving and

It accelerates with each new moment and 

I don’t think it will ever

Stop

No one can hear me screaming or

Confirm that my life has meaning or

See my heart that’s aching and

I fear my sanity is fading and

Although I call louder and louder

I feel it will never

STOP

I sit in this storm that is brewing at

The crux of a cage that is whirring and

Command the voices that are braying to

Quit their whining and bickering and 

Let go as life becomes a heartbeat

I can feel it, it’s coming to a 

Stop-Stop-Stop

I listen for the noise ensuing but

Hear nothing of the world’s jeering and

The price which it is costing is

My mind, my person, my being but

It seems a price worth paying when

I realize that’s all it took to 

Stop-Stop-Stop

Stop-Stop-Stop

Stop-Stop-Stop

I lift my head to the heavens and

See the storm clouds clearing and

Lean into the spring blooms’ whispering and

Wonder how I’ve been sleeping when

The answer was so plain and freeing

Finally, finally, I got the noise to

stop.

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