Silence Kept To Expect Accepted Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

It could be that a silence kept to expect,
Accepted......
Is more powerful than a spoken word.
But for those who have kept their silence,
In some places where silence is often 'heard'...
This has been regarded as a weakness.
With this belief kept to keep...
To create chaos and violence.
And a quality of life,
No longer theirs anywhere to be seen.
With a praying on knees for it wished to get it back.

It could be as some wish to perceive to believe,
That a silence kept is more powerful...
Than a spoken word from a mouth kept closed.
But for those who have kept their silence,
In some places where silence is self imposed...
This is regarded as an ignorance to accept.
That a shown indifference has left to infest.
And has today left sorrows and destroyed lives.
With a leaving many speechless to grieve in silence.
So 'powerful' few are left to disbelieve.