The Silence Screams

The silence screams out to me

Darkness wi’ naught to see
Save the images in
My mind,

Vivid scenes of
Duress and death
Ne’er shall I know
Of rest
Lest I should die,

As darkness drops a velvet curtain
Oe’r all
One envisions the sights
Of war
Ahhh and yet answers the call
Wi’ visions of death, pain and more,

The coppery scent of blood
As tis’ spilled
Crying of the wounded
The pain they feel,

Fore’er in the darkness
Ne’er to still
The silence of the dead
The deafening din of all t’were killed!
Aiyeee, aiyeee, tis’ too
Too late
For there is but one escape,

Only death will allow a dreamless sleep
As the silence screams out to me!