Silent Children

Once upon a time
in a womb, far, far away
there lived a child

You were that child
silent and dreaming
in the waters
of ancestral memory

Sound reached your ears
though you never could reply

Prayers were offered for you
though you never knew

and tears were shed
that could never dry

Nations anticipated you
prophets shouted from the hills

Empires warred against your kin
While poets shed ink spills

Though you may have forgotten
while dwelling on your scars

Don’t let your line be broken
you were seeded by the stars

Silently, they sit,

Waiting

the Seed that comes from you