In the Silence between Our Words

In the silence between our words, stars perish in black holes.

In the silence between our words, four-legged beasts prepare to charge and missiles are fired into the black expanse.

In the silence between our words, mountains crumble to the sea.

In the silence between our words, nobody sees the lone children walking and nobody notices that the rivers have run dry.

Between our words, the silence kills.

--Mitchell Hegman