Hey guys! Grace Nask here with Day 25 of the April Challenge. Today we have Who, Exactly, Rules the World?, a poem for all ages. It's about society's standards and hierarchy. So let's get to it!
For Jr.
Who, Exactly, Rules the World?
Our world is crumbling as easily as
A sandcastle on the beach, with
Darker flecks commingled with lighter ones,
But most are a shade in between.
Our world is crumbling as easily as
A child who wants to play.
They play
And play
And then get pushed away.
Our world is crumbling, that much is true.
But do not fear the darkness--oh no!--fear
The Silence.
Silence
Claws through the earth unseen, unnoticed, unheeded.
Choking everything in its path from
The largest rumbling to the smallest squeak.
Silence
Can destroy the world forever.
Do not think
That you must be at the top of the mountain,
Seeing the bright view, to
Shout on the hilltops. It’s better to talk now then
Later. If there is a later.
Most are at the foot of the mountain, unseen, unnoticed, unheeded
But we see;
We notice;
We heed.
We watch the foundations crack and groan
Because we’re not distracted by the view.
Silence
Is nothing. It cannot survive without
The absence of a voice. So if one voice
Shouts against it
It is already dead.
Imagine--just imagine--what a
Crescendo of voices do?
Our world is crumbling from its very foundations.
And we must pick up the loose stones
Thrown down by the people on the hilltops.
Every last one or
Inherit the lightning struck down on their high place.
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