recital

Unfinished Recital The words stopped so suddenly Falling to the ground as if Gravity no longer held The delicate balance Of sound to air He called a gathering of the children Even held one, bawling, in his arms For to give them the blessing of the lord For almost five heartbeats The Silence permeated the air As if those were the last words To ever be spoken He fell to the life giving Earth The gift given/taken back As if the Earth just could no longer Sustain the weight of this one man The proverbial straw All that could be […]