Voices
Ellen Merritt 1965 (South Carolina)
It's OK. We've come before.
We will again.
Our voices, our lights, are not loud.
But they are many.
We shine Truth Light on lies and all evils
Which hiss in anger and pain
And then slither back into the darkest corners
There to foment and fester
Until we of Light and Truth are silenced yet again
Leaving them free to dance to Hell's cacophonous tune.
It's happened before.
It will again.
Earth's guardians turn into its destroyers, blinded by greed and ambition.
But with each turn of the Wheel,
A few more awaken and gain Sight. Their voices join to ours
In a quiet healing melody of hope.
Font size:
Submitted by emerritt35 on January 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 34 sec read
- 4 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHBIABJKGL |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 582 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Voices" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/60949/voices>.
Discuss the poem Voices with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In