The Silence Within
Written by: James Krolik

I am a simple man.
Born, raised, destined to die,
for death is everyone's ultimate fate.

Living, growing, enduring
a society with a basis for everything,
long before ideas are even conceived.

A mold of life, if you will call it a mold.
Forever imprisoning your heart's deepest desires,
and forever living within an idealistic barrier,
you must learn to endure as well as adapt.

Take a moment.
Close your eyes; question whether it is your heart's desire;
if your heart wants to be a prisoner of society's views.
I am certain your heart will decline the offer.

I say it is time to destroy the mold, to let our feelings run free.
The time has come to shatter the barrier.
Open your heart; express yourself;
stray from the path of societal ideas.

Let your desires run free; destroy the chain.
Follow your heart through your mind; find your destiny.
Pass this wisdom on; fufill your desire, for it has
been my destiny to unleash the silence within.