Saturday, 4 May 2019

Liberated Silence


Locked down
In excruciating
Exile

The voice
Once intended
To 
Herald
Universal & divine
Truth
Denigrated & choked
Into silence
Left 
Anguishing
In a 
Subterranean hell
Where
Slowly & insidiously
The grips
Of 
Insanity
Clamber
To 
Ease the echoed
Scream
Of
The unheard lament

Is the die 
Cast?
The outcome
Inevitable?

Consider 
This possibility... 

As it has 
Been
Through 
The annals 
of time

A unlikely
Protagonist
Embarks
On a journey
That he (or she)
Believes themselves
To be 
Completely
Unqualified 
To undertake

The intrepid
traveller
Becomes an
Archaeologist of sorts

Following
The guidance
of 
Gossamer direction
Which 
In an instant
First appears
As though
Cast iron
and
Then seemingly 
Vanishes

Along
The way
Are met
"The judge"
"Jury"
&
"Executioner"
As well
The architect 
Of
What was 
Thought 
To be
An inescapable
Prison

All
Presented
While 
The traveller
Leaned 
over the banks
Of 
Crystal clear
Stream
And saw 
The 
Truth 
Of themselves
For the 
First time

Insight
Is gained
Still
Liberty
Is not assured

The 
Prison
Will remain
As formidable
As ever
There is no
Known
Magic, army, or device
That can breach
It's walls

Except
The consistent
And
Direct
Application
of
The one 
&
Only
Key

Which 
Comes
In the form
Of 
The voice
of 
The prisoner
Themselves!!


R. O'Neill (May 04, 2019)





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