I Didn't Listen

As a child My mother would tell me To listen to my elders I didn't  I didn't listen To her I didn't listen To them I stayed ignorant  I played my games I watched TV  I quietly doodled in the corner  Deaf to to the hushes whispers  I don't know why I didn't listen  But eventually  They stopped telling me I was a sponge  That dried up I find it difficult  To listen now Because I've grown out of practice To the musings of others And to the news around me I have tried to listen But because I didn't listen In the past I live in a world of silence