Great Moments of History
Overshadow the truth of misery
Where lay our sundered Luscitania?
Where lies our sunken Harbor of Pearls?
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Inspiration stolen and buried
Without a trace, it's disappeared
Motivation faded and evaporated
White flag soiled but unfurled
Left only are the hunger pangs
Fed certain knowledge
Paralyzed with fear
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Once, we all wailed
Heartbroken, shrouded in open cries of injustice
"Never again" our declaration
Now, we beat our breasts in lamentation
No rescue to seek
No promise of an end for the meek
No mercy for those fallen and weak
Tears stick in clogged ducts
Dried and crusty
Moisture evaporates
Under the heat of scrutiny
Banners lay limp in the terminal lack
Of fresh breezes
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What has become of the diefic Justitia?
Her stony body, frozen in place
Sculpted scales upheld in symbol
Peace, a laughable, outdated myth
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Where lies our courage or compassion?
In a vast abyssmal grave
Mashed and broken in the fearful tumult
Jolting us all awake
To the new reality
Where what's right and what's done
Reside on vastly different rungs
And climbing drains all
Determination from heart and lung
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Where lies our generous love?
Agape, a concept all but unheard of
Attacks of conscience treated away
Claims of madness
Distort natural ties to the community
Compassion worn thin
Sight spirals
While might steamrolls
Its guilting tug
Leaves us flattened at the end
Of good intentions' rope
Insomnia stricken we
Whimper and grope
Desperate for a change
In the winds of hope
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Global treaties rely on honesty
On acquiescence to flying freely
Today, only freedom of action
Only personal gain
Public appeal retain
Charity, foresight
Fall in the wake of the clouded current
Contentment and guilt
Replaced with fear and ecstasy
Waves of egotism and avarice
Blunting the soul of humanity
K.B. Silver
About the Creator
K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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