CRY IN THE SILENCE

Oh, the deafening silence!

  A scourge of the man of good,

What should be heard ’round the world,

  The screams of condemnation could;

Oh, the void of discussion!

  Lamented all the while,

Discourse needed and wanted,

  Instead — silence and bile;

Oh, ‘twould seem a lack!

  The spine has simply bent,

We’ve given up our voices,

  And to our enemies lent;

Oh, the quiet scream!

  A hope to see outrage,

There is a yearning, but darkly,

  That our great voice is sage;

Oh, the silence is booming!

  Quiet ’twill break and fall,

Voices of contempt will start flowing,

  Ending the silent gall!

PTR March 27, 2011