"Listen"

All I want you to do
Is to listen
Can you hear my voice?
I do not speak all the time
But most of the time I do
But you do not listen
Now, just this time
Listen

I am someone you do not know
I am a poet
I am a human being
I write about what I feel
You may or may not understand me
You may think I am stupid
But I thank you
You are still there
Listening

I am your mother
I may not know many things
About your generation
Or about you
But I love you
I will not tell you things
That will hurt you
And if I did
It means I love you more

I am your father
I will not tell you things
That will discourage you
Or make you think that you are
Insignificant
And if I did
I did not mean it

I am idealism
I am the almost perfect world
I am a truly free country
A happy family
A beautiful face and soul
A responsible genius
I am world peace
You may not believe in me now
But I will hope
I will wait

I am anybody
I am a stranger
I am a relative
An acquaintance
A friend
I am a fellow human being
You may not trust me
But I am always hoping you would
I can love, too
I have an opinion, too
I have cried and laughed
I also have a story to tell

I am you
You may not realize my value
You may sometimes think
That I am not important
That I'm too young to do things
Or too old to dream
That my life is mediocre
That I will die
Without fame or fortune
But deep inside me
I want to believe
And I know
That I have a purpose



"Listen" first appeared on
emanilapoetry.com and is reprinted here with
consent of emanila.com pty ltd.