Tuesday, October 15, 2019

One Thousand Days


One thousand days 
have come 
and   like history   gone 
like freedom   never
granted   won
at unconscionable cost 
yet given freely 
away

What then is left 
to us
to say about 
these thousand days
our friends and neighbors
strangers   lost 
like love   or trust
dissolved 
into the blue
where only answers lie

Silence is star-strewn
skies   new snow 
at dawn
something pale
fluttering 
on fragile wings
these things whisper

But we must not 
speak 
quietly about these days
and nights  
each hour   now 
a razor   poised 
and we   exposed
can choose   
how this story ends
decide   as one   
or   under cover 
of excuses   slink 
into what
hell may come.


(c) 2019, by Hannah Six
Image: Pixabay

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