.. and so the world was decidedly silent..
unheard was
the weeps of the little girl by the shack,
searching for her doll;
the cries of the teenage girl by the wall,
sore from nightly beatings;
the whimper of the young woman in the alley,
abused by nocturnal visits;
the sobs of the helpless mother in the slum,
lullabying her perishing child;
the wails of the senile maid in the dumps,
savoring her last agonizing breath;
…
and he never heard
pity the heartache he departed the world with..
a century of mute roars pressing on his frail chest;
a century of virgin love craving to burst out;
and he was crumbling inside out
not knowing why,
why his world was so decidedly silent..
