Tag: <span>Silence</span>
A quick cut.
Pink flesh showing
liquids flowing.
He hasn’t noticed it yet.
I have to be fast.
…
Mothers won’t be able to mourn them,
Wives won’t be able to retrieve them.
Too many of them to record their names.
Away from prying eyes they’ll be buried,
Some will receive medals for their deaths.
“On May 26th, 2003,
Aaron Ralston was hiking,
a boulder fell on his right hand,
he waited four days,
he then amputated
his own arm with a pocketknife.
I miss our religious leaders to condemn what happened in Charlottesville. I want to hear them condemn racism, hate and white supremacy. I want to hear an uproar from the smallest church up to the biggest cathedral. I want them to condemn racism, hate, and bigotry once and for all.
First, it was the silence of the night, that I feared, too often it was interrupted by yelling and screaming when my drunk parents started to fight.