Dear, silence

April 2008,
Bogotá y Barranquilla, Colombia

Dear
Silence hides in your throat.
Here
Sirens sound
But no one takes note.

We hide in a shroud.
Say it out loud.

I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know, I don’t know.

Dear
Violins
Quiver and quote.

Here
Violence
Gets out the vote.

Tigers and tyrants alight
All men are tied.

I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know, I don’t know.

Even the smallest thing
Ruins a life.
Even the greatest thing
Matters but little in time.

Even the greatest thing
Might not save your life
Even the smallest thing
Might measure greatly in time.

Even the smallest thing
Might save a life
Even the greatest thing
Matters but little in long enough time.

I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know how this ends.

Dear
Silence hides in your throat.
Here
Sirens sound
But no one takes note.

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