Rock Steady

to the drums of a song unheard
to the heartbeat of a single mother
work three jobs, spend a little time with her daughter
the steady tick, tick, tick that drives her nerves
Though she speaks, not one person understands her words
the letters in a song unheard -
the lyrical quips
witticism falling of the tongue and lips of
an entire generation not knowing who they were
until somebody told them, showed them
drones, they are no one, no more

Still, rock steady.