Reach Out

Reach out,

They told me to reach out,

Don’t be afraid,

They said,

You will be heard,

I took them at their word,

So I did as I was bid,

And,

Nothing,

Nothing was heard,

I spoke with silence,

For my words,

Were lost in the vacuum,

I beat them,

Against a wall of silence,

Broken only,

By feeble agreement,

With wrongs,

Never to be righted.

An alliance,

Of power,

Against which,

I am nothing.