There is a sound
Loud, piercing, uncontrollable.
It roars without restraint, and people are stuck, trying so hard to live and cope with it. It has stolen their patience, peace, and quietness. It has sunk deep into their souls, and now, they’ve accepted it as a way of life
Not realizing its slowly eating them up,
Destroying what they’ve built,
Ruining what they once cherished.
The sound… the noise… the alarm
It’s not what I want.
I’ve done all I can:
I’ve called the police, called security,
Searched and searched to find where it comes from.
But it won’t stop.
It has disturbed my peace and drained my life.
I can’t sleep. I can’t think straight.
I’m trying to figure out what kind of sound refuses to stop.
What manner of noise is this that I must endure day in and day out?
I can’t do what I want in peace.
Am I crazy? Am I losing my mind?
The sound follows me everywhere I go.
It’s maddening.
I want it gone.
I scream, I cry, I yell,
“Let it stop! Let it go!”
I’ve tried everything I was told to do.
Yet the sound keeps stealing the beauty of my life
The things I worked and suffered for.
Each time I hear it, I lose control.
I try to compose myself, to keep my dignity,
But as soon as I hear that sound,
I break down.
People stare.
Their looks accuse me of disturbing their peace,
When it’s my peace that’s been shattered.
No one understands.
No one sees what I see.
No one hears what I hear.
No one knows the battle raging inside me.
But I’m not insane.
I hear that evil, raging, tormenting sound.
It’s real.
And I just want it to stop.
I’m alone now.
Everyone has run away from me.
But why?
I’m not mad. I’m just passing through the needle of pain.
The sound is killing me slowly.
Can’t even one person try to understand me,
To stand by me,
To lend a helping hand?
All I want
All I ask
Is for the noise, the sound, to disappear.
What is the sound that troubles you every day
That you’re trying so hard to silence?
The problem is, you’ve been fighting it in your own strength.
Not in God’s strength.
The sound is a symbol of your struggle.
Tell it to go
And let God silence it for you.
He alone can bring peace to the noise within.
God bless you.
THE SOUND: A Reminder that Only God Can Bring Peace Within
