Is It Just Noise?

Is it Just Noise?

by Angela Mackey

Go home!

            Jezebel!

                        Heretic!

                                    False Teacher!

Liberal!

            Conservative!

                        Progressive!

                                    Fundamentalist!

Words echo through glowing screens.

Communication that bites and stings and clings.

When I express my thoughts will flesh and blood

echo the world of glowing screens?

Will I be greeted with angry words?

            Excluded? Blacklisted? Slandered?

Can I be processing? Unsure, but still certain?

            Challenging, wondering, curious…

Is there space to discuss and grow?

            Do I just have to know?

Is it all just noise?