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Child Speak
I see you every time
I stand up
To offer another of my
Mostly mostly worthless thoughts
And I want to scream at you
Child speak
Speak because
no one wants to hear
me anymore
Child Speak
Becasue words are powerful things
That should be exercised
Child speak`
because one day
your words will form armies
Using your body as a battlefield
Destroying you from the inside out
And after the battle
The winning army will have nowhere to march but up
Up, Up, Up
To your head
Where it will fight another war with your
Ideas
And Ideals
And Perceptions
and Beliefs
And Opinions
Until you explode!
Child Speak
because your words may
form a wave
that will finally push our boat back to shore
And that wave
Will become a tsunami
Washing away conformity
And starting a revolution
Child Speak
because your words are like gasoline
Fueling us
Driving us forward
They will make us laugh
And Cry
And Hurt
They will connect us
And divide us
And conquer us
And defeat us
They will set bonfires
To our previous perceptions
And they will clean up our ashes
Child Speak
Because even if you don’t mean to hurt us
You will
But without it
We are stalled
We Are Nothing
Child Speak
Because Without Your Words
WE ARE NOTHING
Child Speak
Because I’m sure your voice is beautiful
And we need your words
If only to give everyone a break from mine
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