Scream Your Opinion
Do you have an opinion
About something you believe?
How do you get it out there—
Ensure it’s truly received?
If your point is rejected,
Then they don’t understand.
It is oh so important
They hear your demand.
Are there people who are dying?
Is there waste of human life?
Sometimes you must upset the cart
To call out all that strife.
Can you go too far?
Is there a line not to cross?
When you scream out your thoughts,
You might just turn people off.
What is the effective way
To shift public perception?
They must be persuaded—
Even through some disruption.
All’s fair in love and war.
Do you want to save the day?
Is it okay to get in their face
To show the error of their way?
So scream if you must,
But weigh each word you say.
For truth that burns too brightly
Can still drive hearts away.
About the Creator
Mark Stigers
One year after my birth sputnik was launched, making me a space child. I did a hitch in the Navy as a electronics tech. I worked for Hughes Aircraft Company for quite a while. I currently live in the Saguaro forest in Tucson Arizona
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