Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words, Sin of Omission

Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words
Sin of Omission
By Kim Klugh

What needs to be said
is that I regret
my silence
that I did not speak up
that I did not say stop

breathe

take a step back

that my courage froze full in my throat
so in the end I was just like the rest
waiting for someone else to
make a move
to make it cease
to halt the crossfire
to utter, enough

what needs to be said
in the aftermath
is that I am sorry
you ended up a casualty
but for one word
I could have voiced


Remnants (February 2010), published as part of Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant, was Kim Klugh's most recent poem to appear at vox poetica.

 

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