I want to scream.
I want to scream at you and tell you to stop hating
To stop killing, to stop;
Just stop.
But to scream fills my voice with rage,
Which is what you do, rage.
So screaming makes me no better than you.
No better than the mob of you who break church windows
With bombs and stones and kill children in cellars,
Who march with sneers and curdling laughter.
Who celebrate the grinding end of all this.
I want to scream, but you scream louder, with more voices,
dressed to kill, to celebrate pain and division,
to revel in the fall, the end, the darkness,
with some unfiltered roar.
What’s left to me is my hand in yours.
Fingers wrapped.
Your body held tight.
Something to fill the hollow,
Like a whisper in your ear.
Then two.
Soft words shared,
Like a kiss on your soft neck.
Sighs pulled across distance
Until there is just you.
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About michaelstephendaigle
I am the author of the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. "The Swamps of Jersey (2014); "A Game Called Dead" (2016) -- a Runner-Up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Indie Author Contest; "The Weight of Living" (2017) -- “The Weight of Living” was awarded First Place for mysteries in the 2017 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest;
Named A Notable 100 Book, Shelf Unbound 2018 Indie Book Awards;
Named a Distinguished Favorite, 2018 Independent Press Awards.
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2018 Big NYC Book Contest.
Named a Finalist in the 2019 Book Excellence Awards.
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Named a Book Award Winner in 2021 by Maincraft Media Fiction Book Awards;
The Red Hand (2019) a Distinguished Favorite in the 2019 Big NYC Book Contest
Named Second Place winner for mysteries in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards
Named a Notable 100 Book in the 2019 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2020 Independent Press Awards
A Nominee in the 2020 TopShelf Book Awards
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Dragony Rising (2022) First Place for Mysteries in the 2022 Royal Dragonyfly Book Awards; named a Notable 100 Indie Book in the 2022 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards; A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Independent Press Awards. A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Big NYC Book Awards.
