The Silence Is Deafening || Original Poem

The silence is deafening

The silence is deafening.

The silence is the blaring warning alarm.

When it falls silent you know it has begun.

When the silence shrieks you know its time.

You’re surrounded by glistened eyes.

This is it.

It’s time to go.

The zombies of the group know what’s about to happen.

The cleaned faced ones have no idea of the torture ahead.

The silence is a siren, leading to their graves.

Not graves – a slaughterhouse.

The rivers cup their blood in its hands.

The ground consumes their dying breath.

the only lasting evidence –

Wire,

Empty bullet shells,

And the stench of grief and decay.

You don’t need to look over the trench to see it.

The silence tells you what lies ahead.

For the silence is a piercing alarm,

It is deafening. 

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