Listen to the children cry 
Listen to mortals when they die 
Listen to that deceptive lie 
Listen to those reasons why 
Listen.. Listen.. 
 
Listen to hearts that are scared  
Listen to violence through lead 
Listen to hatred ancestors bred 
Listen to the colour red 
Listen.. Listen..  
 
Listen to the poor unfed 
Listen to the lives they have led 
Listen to the feelings unsaid 
Listen to what goes through their head 
Listen.. Listen..  
 
Listen to the power abused 
Listen to the intelligence misused 
Listen to the innocent accused 
Listen to those bastards amused 
Listen.. Listen..  
 
Listen to the covenants unkept  
Listen to the affliction of depth  
Listen to the graves unslept  
Listen to the world or what is left  
Listen.. Listen..
Lynette Dias Gouveia
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