SEARCHING SILENCE
A stillness has captured the air
Movement halted to silence
No thought allowed forming
The past is no more
The future absorbed with promise
Hope hangs like cat hair
Memory fails me
Whispers of what used to be
Fall like smoker's breath
Stale, familiar, almost desired
All behaviors of pleasure
Faded in the fog
Missions completed
Destiny, revealed, in action
The old remains, the new, wanes
The heart almost protests
Against the struggles required
For the victory feast
Laughter seems like honey
Applied to battle scars
Sticky, tainted, despised
No celebration can remove
The raised skin of sorrow
Gained for the sake of LOVE
Written by Trudy Schrader on 05-02-2026
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