Deafening Silence

Written 2011.

They said God cried when he saw their blood,

Ten thousand young,

All lay dead in the name of the Son,

Ten thousand and one.

And though each one had a face,

Not one had a name,

Only a number,

Only a number.

And on that day I cried with God,

Ten thousand lay under the sun.

An endless sea of faces,

Eyes burned red,

Voices burned dry,

Heavenward they cried.

And with a final thunderclap,

A final deafening roar,

We bore witness to the sound of Silence.

Author's Note

This one was inspired by Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence"

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

Has depth in the lines...the usage of language in the lines gives this a voice in the read...and the ending gives this a closure:

And with a final thunderclap,
A final deafening roar,
We bore witness to the sound of Silence.

Glad to see you were inspired to write this piece...