Can You Hear Me



As the brown eyed lady approached the scene,
 she speaks no words, she has no grin
 She walks at a fast pace, at her workplace...
 She whispers in a soft, but troubled, voice, "Can you hear me ?"

 She works hard, long hours
 She loves her work, but feels no power
 Again, that inner voice says, "Can you hear me ? Can you hear me ?"
 She's often described in many words by how she looks and how

 she feels...passive, crazy, lonely, stubborn, distant and depressed.
 Again the woman says "yes" but with a soft deep inner voice,
 "Can you hear me ?"
 After all the attention she was supposed to have sought,

 Did you hear her ? Did you hear her pain ?
 The sadness, the hurt, the embarrassment, the shame
 She felt she needed to keep inside so deep, what flame ?
 Did some one hear me ! I did ! For I'm your friend;

 Jesus, I hear you !
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Submitted by hitalot on July 24, 2017

Modified on March 22, 2023

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Scheme XXXA XXAX XXAX XBBX X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 868
Words 162
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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