STEP

Sitting on the edge,

fighting the urge to let go.

Breath caught up,

in the crossfire of wind and light.

Save me from this freedom,

its unknown and its vast.

Too much power to hold,

an invitation to fly, to soar.

Unlimited, a shock of blue and grey,

watch me jump, embracing the deep and the great.

Broken are the bonds,

no more tethers to hold me back.

Walking the path that leads everywhere,

building the bridge to the beginning of my end.

Make Some Noise

I have seen bad things happen

but I don't want to talk about it.

I witnessed that girl being abducted

but I am will be no witness.

I've seen that women's bruises

but I will not meddle in their family problem.

We see it everyday, we feel the pain

but we are too scared to

make some noise.

We close our eyes, we block the voices

its not our problem we say.

But soon enough it is out turn

its not their problem they say.

That black eye, the tears in his eyes

I saw it, you saw it too

but we remain dumb and blind.

Its happened to us

we saw it, they saw it too

but still we remain silent

afraid to make some noise.

We can fight

Violence has become a key to all our problems in recent times, though we know that it only aggravates any situation rather than diluting the tension. Reading the newspaper has become a chore as we witness the abundance of cases where violence has prevailed over logical and rational solutions. 

                                               People's temper is higher than ever before and seems to be worsening with every passing year. With as much evidence we have in newspapers we fail to realize that not all violent situations make it to the news. Violence has as many faces as there are people around us. The household fight which turns physical, the little girl who is coerced into not telling anyone - this is the violence that effects us the most. We are witnesses to all this but we choose to ignore it hence becoming a part of this vicious cycle. Most of the time our brain supplies the excuse that it doesn't concern us and it all strikes as being far away from our own reality. But their always comes the time when we have to face violence face to face; usually we are so dumbstruck by it that the right path eludes us. 

                                                                     Silence strengthens violence. We keep mum on things we see and things we suspect because that's what we are taught. We see our elders know stuff and feel bad but avoid any action. We learn to duplicate what they do without questioning until we are the victims. But within us I believe we all know that keeping silent isn't the solution that we seek. the bad things of our life do not just disappear, we have to fight them. Violence in our life is the same. It will return to us sooner or later till the time we realize that only way to end is to challenge it, not with violence itself but with logic.

                                                                                                          So the solution that we have against violence and every other bad thing that we witness is to make noise, as much noise as we can so that we can not be ignored. We have to make noise to live in peaceful silence.