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.
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