Do we have no choice, no voice, no throat?

We’re not drowned but dumb, inert, we float
Glancing at the News  with great alarm
As if we have no choice, no voice, no throat

We  signal no one, so there’s no lifeboat
And all alone we suffer greater harm
We’re not drowned but dumb, inert, we float

The organ shudders with its final notes
No more to play toccatas, no more charm
Do we have no choice, no voice, no throat?

From the others, we grow more remote
Feel we’re suffering from a dreadful storm
We’re not drowned but dumb, inert, we float

See the powerful, how they, selfish, gloat
How we long for comfort and for warmth
Do we have no choice, no voice, no throat?

Now we pray for peace and seek for balm
Will our human world gain greater calm?
We’re not drowned but dumb, inert, we float
As if we have no choice, no voice, no throat