the valiant ones

the valiant ones so many graves so many killed in combat so many bullets so many senseless tombstones so much honor to so many wars so many monuments to victorious battles to lost battles to the generals to the unknown soldier to nameless tragedy of bloodstained death so much history of violence so many widows…

silence

silence silence I need silence silence I insist on silence silence that the city would quiet down that the street would stand still that radios would disappear that cars would pause I need silence silence I want no voices, no shouting no sudden departures no shooting or terror no speeches or commands no murmuring I…