SOME THOUGHTS ON TACITURNITY
[(n.) Habitual silence, or reserve in speaking.]

Please, say something,

anything

don't punish me by

not speaking

I'm just trying to

understand

It's just your thoughts

I'm seeking.......

Why don't the warriors

ever talk about the war ~~

keeping their secrets

keeping themselves in check

even after we've figured out

that they are not the same

as they were before....

Don't they know

how closely we would listen,

how much we yearn to know?

Some of them say it's useless

You CAN'T EVER understand ~~

because

you didn't GO.

Saw a man named Ken

in an Internet video

sitting up, chained, in

an orange jumpsuit

saying "Please help me ~

I sense my time is

running out ~~~

Please, Mr. Blair,

say something,

do something.........

Help me. Am I what

this war is all about?

But for Mr. Bigley

there were no words

there can be no understanding

there can be no joyous return

ah, well,

that's just a bit of what

happens

when we're Taciturn.

© Christina 10-04