The Night's Reply

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I heard the spirits scream
the night the bodies bled
I drove into the dream
and looked among their dead

And none could tell me why
No witness was left to speak
There was nothing justified
and no explanation at all to seek

All I could do was wander near
and wonder at the awful scene
The puzzle in my mind of fear
was that it now seemed so serene

The ghosts they lingered round
attending close their vigil held
and only a passing ambient sound
could give echo to what we felt

Silent came the night's reply
to the question we had posed
Even the seas just let out a sigh
for the things nobody knows

(October 20th, 2017)

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