Megaphone

This megaphone must be turned off</span>
Echoing off invisible walls
building a cacophony of notes
threatening to drown even the strongest swimmer
talked about
talked on
talked over
with no doubts or cracks

the walls tremble
and a world breaks free
trees surrender, buildings sway, men sink in their seats,
a light breeze
and nothings changed

we've seen the best of our generation
posted on walls, screaming their freedoms
to be picked apart by their own eyes
we've seen the best do nothing
against incredible odds
and lose
the rumbles were so deep
the fears so real
that when it all came down
and nothing happened
they all sat stunned

a machine built so ethereal
was meant to change us
a revolution of ideas
to break the structures
thought on pavement
just chalkings of hope
and we locked the walls back up
to silent the fears no one had
we locked the walls back up
even though no one cared