Silence

Let it wash over and through you.

Sit in the weight of it.

Right here on this day,

People lost, violently,

One they loved.

A mother, grieving her son.

A friend, finding the hole left.

A sister, brother, teacher, loss.

Gaping into the void.

Wait in the silence, in the pit.

Listen, what does it say?

Is love too awe filled to risk?