AGONY ATOMS

The bigger picture
has no care
it has no ears to
listen there
as tiny sounds of agony
fill the air

each one
like uncounted screams
that beg for entry to
lifes dreams
though each one 
shunned
ignored and kicked away

for even 
In their million fold
agony atoms cannot hold or
find the notes to sing to
those so deaf

and justice does not shed
a tear
or lend a hand to quell
a fear
for agony has no
note 
​​​​​​upon the score

and ether
will not let them in
it does not like the
dischord ring of
silent songs that
grate
like nails on glass

but in the caverns of my
mind
such agony atoms 
come to find
a place to stop and
rest
along life's way

and here inside 
I hear the song
the lyrics of injustice known
recorded
on the canvas of my
soul

and every day
I count them so
my dying heart
​​​​​​might always know 
how many songs it
carries
deep within

though ever lonely is
the soul
who hears the tunes of
fates untold
and lives with
agony atoms
in his soul.

Marion Price(2020)