May 24, 2019

SILENCE

I entered the silence …

only to hear the air conditioner,

then a wall creak and shift,

then an ambulance rushing

down the street into the night.

Then the silence took over….

I entered the silence ….

only to hear the cries of the

children in the cramped homes

of the poor as well as the lonely

in the big mansions of the rich.

Then the silence took over ….

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019