Thank you to With Painted Words  for publishing my poem inspired by Christy Kirk's marvelous painting, entitled "Silenced."

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The Most Deafening Sound

by Linda Imbler 

The most deafening sound is:

a silence born of fear.  The evil spell

of a struggling need to speak one’s mind

while leaving traces

of a terrible time:

Wherein

the sinister has happened,

and all wicked deeds have been covered up.

Photo Courtesy of Artist Christy Kirk and poetry site With Painted Words.