a normal age

who wants to speak for all the silent ones
must have an ear that is truly attuned
to hear the whole and to detect the wound

the man who dares may be the man who runs
symbol of one who ought to be lampooned
who wants to speak for all the silent ones

we blame the shooter and we blame the guns
but our own spirits ought to be impugned
a tree in wildness needs but to be pruned
who wants to speak for all the silent ones