Can I Please Have A Moment of Silence????

By A. Raheem Ballard (aka my cousin)

Can I please have a moment of silence?
Away from the bars
The concrete
The madness and violence
Away from the screams at midnight
By deranged mad men
Just a second thats all I ask
To gather my thoughts within


Can I please have moment of peace?
Away from this systematic monopoly designed by the beast
Just a second I ask to not hear a thing
No electric doors
No keys
Not even the towers phone ring


Can I please have a moment of tranquility?
At times I wonder if thats even a possibility
Just a second that's all I ask
To peer into the depths of my soul
While the adrenaline orchestrates the beat of my heart
Like a drum roll


Can I please have a moment free of confusion and turmoil?
Away from the chaos and ignorance that makes my blood boil
Just a second thats all I ask
To be at peace with the universe
Just a second thats all I ask
To be at one with the cosmos
Can I please have a moment of silence?????