To be Heard 

is to be recognized

To be Heard 

is to be know

To be Heard 

is to be remembered

 for even a moment

So often are we forgotten

swept away by time 

Like a river, the words flow

unending, ceaseless

Each novel, each poem and word

an undistinguishable drop from the rest. 

To be heard is to stand apart

to be that one glistening drop 

In the vast river of literature.

If even for a moment 

To be Heard is to be remembered

If even for a moment