For These Few Brief Moments

here

now

there is this silence

this

peaceful existence, that -

surrounds

everything here

outside

temperatures have dropped

people aren't walking

their dogs or

themselves

even the children aren't playing

way, way beyond

in the distance

I'll hear a bark or

the engine of a car

but the peace is here

there's no lover

no one to gaze at or

to even argue with

there are speakers

and flags

dressers and mirrors

pictures of the dead

pure serenity

…and I think

this is how they must feel

in the grand joy of silence

the infinate lover that nabs

us all.

LS Shevshenko

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