silence is all

the stranger

by Roberto Lavidez

a vengeful deity

in often heavy

handed attempts

to stifle dissent

used to sweep 

the earth clean 

with an overwhelming

flood wreaking

intolerable violence

upon civilians

confronting its 

egregious absurdities

metaphysical

monstrosities

often stumbling

in the murk of

life’s complexities

and the unexplored

in the arid semantics

and spooky conundrums

of ancient relics of

immense spiritual power

constantly searching

for absolute certainty

stretched into a

distant past that

the mind of man

cannot comprehend

its remoteness

a sort of tremendous

anagram challenge

to a persistent ghost

summoning intimations

of a profound and long

forgotten secret

a misfortune to be

faced with serenity

by intermediaries

between gods and men

disturbed by the faint

but haunting echoes

of our dreams

in the hope 

that there might be 

something of interest 

beneath the rubble

©robertolavidez2013