Can They?

Can they?, by Landon Nethercott

Can the dead speak?

Can the hopeless rise?

Can the souls of the abused

Ever surpass the lies?

Can they raise their voices high?

Shouting out, "ENOUGH!"

Can they release their held back cry

And break their binding cuff?

Can they stand up to their torturers?

Can they break their tearful silence?

Can they testify to their jurors?

Can they sound their unused sirens?

They must if they are to survive

Or they will soon descend

If not then they will be deprived

Until eternities end

Written by, Ginger Monk.

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