a deadly silence

There was a joyful noise in Tallahassee
echoes across marble halls- never again !

It hovers above the deadly silence--

The silence at the newly formed islands

Soft, new ground, holder of love and fresh tears

I saw a young mother, all alone

kneeling in the garden of stone

her eyes tied to moistened ground  

beneath her gaze  a tended mound

held a precious piece of her heart

There was a deadly silence

In the halls of justice, domains of democracy
 A chilling silence more deadly

Than the report of yesterday’s toll...

It is the deadly silence that tolls

On our precious tomorrow

There was a joyful noise in Tallahassee

When grieving raises its voice, and life

Demands its day