Saturday, November 7, 2026

Alone and Silent


 Alone and silent

I hear the heart of my watch is it beats

A song utterly destroyed

As a man talks to himself

His wife addressing him

As their child cries

I hold the film to the light

And see an old woman in pain

Her mouthless face

Crying out in darkness

To see her sister

Mocked by a group of plotters

I close the screen about my eyes

Where an old man sits

In smoldering sweaters

The tears from his eyes

Feeding his servants

As they beat him