Can Anyone Hear Me?
There, upon the stage,
washed out by theatre lights,
there’s a girl who quivers,
wrings her hands and shivers,
as she steps up to the mic.
The silence pounds against her,
a mix of doubt and fear,
with audience proud,
an unfamiliar crowd,
she begins to whisper.
But they do not listen,
or do they not hear?
Louder she speaks,
until she screams, she shrieks,
ignored by her peers.
The chamber echoes,
why won’t they speak?
Staring and waiting,
no thoughts, no debating,
and defeated she leaves, weak.
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