Echoes

Echoes of voices,
the screams that bleed,
that ring in ears
that, silence, need.
Pain that was
limited to physical
now rains in
on the emotional.
Blood pours out
from the teeth pulled,
a pain wished
to be voided, nulled,
yet children lacking
the respect wanted
continue the high
volume to the haunted.
Their ignorance only
trumped by disrespect,
they possess only
a completely selfish neglect.
Their screams now
take over my psyche
sparking a fire
when all I need is peace.
The nightmare is not
to end too soon
as now the light has given
way to the moon.
Instead there is only
the nightmare that be,
my pain and their loudness,
a fight I don't need.