Poetry

Read out on the Lifeboat Hour yesterday. Unfortunately, due to the PRN website being out-of-action, I am unable to post yesterday's excellent show.

A Moment of Silence

Years pass and nature stands silent

Compliant

Taking lash after lash

Like a mentally retarded child

Beaten without comprehension of why

I hope if there is consciousness in the universe

It will ask for a moment of silence

Just one eternity

No more

In memory of nature’s unwavering sacrifice

To humanity

To every theft and lie

---Richard Helms