Shadows and Silence

Our shadows hold many secrets,
If our walls could talk,
they'd choose silence.
Shades of promises broken
And shades theft and violence.

Heavy hands one day will tend 
To the graves of fools,
Pray for them
Then blanket them,
With viverant noxious blooms.

Notorious names now
Censored by blood, tears
And dust.
And among them one day
Sadly, will be the names of us.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Battaglino Avatar
October 5, 2016 at 8:13 PM
Your poem really moved me. Its message rings so true, Andy
Warlov Avatar
September 11, 2016 at 10:50 AM
Nature, within her in-most self divides, to trouble us with having to take sides. -- Robert Frost
U.D Palawon  Avatar
September 11, 2016 at 5:43 AM
I like the alliteration and the title...Enjoyed it, Sunita.
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