Poetry

Hillel Steinberg photo

By

Ken Gierke

Too Silent, Too Long

Voices remain silent.

They know,

but they don’t, really,

so they feel helpless

in their not knowing.

Ask the victims?

Make them relive their pain?

Questions unasked,

not knowing what to do,

while the survivors suffer

inner voices with their own

unasked questions.

And the accused,

or unaccused, given

the circumstances,

live free of conviction.

Aside from the victims,

is anyone innocent?

Ken Gierke

Ken Gierke started writing poetry in his forties, but found new focus when he retired. It also gave him new perspectives, which come out in his poetry, primarily in free verse and haiku. More of his work can be found at https://rivrvlogr.wordpress.com.