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A Moment of Silence, Please!
The world is in chaos
Yet there is jubilation everywhere
People are gasping for air
Yet there is air around them
Their lungs refuse to accommodate any
So I watch them give it up instead
A moment of silence for the departed,please!
My eyes are glassed with suppressed tears
I turn on tv to silence my sorrows
But my grief knows no rest
The sound of children laughing...
Sunday 2nd January 2022 10:02 am
Thread That Binds
While I walk down the middle of the icy road by the park in the snow, I wonder how many hearts were broken on that Baltic night. 9k dead, each a family member, husband, wife, son, daughter.
In my minds eye, I see the Captain standing on the tilting side of his ship, the Gustloff. Fire axe in hand, he tries in vain to shatter safety glass on the viewing deck. Many people are...
Saturday 5th April 2014 2:32 pm
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