Shattered silence
A voice spoke
Saying such things
As have never been
heard

Fortelling the future
Remembering the
past
Lecturing the present

A light in the darkness
Shown brightly
Illuminating those
Who stood in darkness

And, for an instant
The darkness was held
at bay
Fear, was suspended as
A new thing developed
Long missing from the
World

The absolute truth was
uttered, a heresy of
the highest order
a crime without
equal

For in the world of the lie
Where darkness is control
A match strike of truth
Could ignite a wildfire of
Hope

Just when we had just begun
To believe, the darkness
Closed in and snuffed
It as quickly as it had come

It was gone, leaving us standing
In darkness, with only our
Memories to sustain us
During the dark times which
Will surely come

And though only a singular memory
To sustain us, to let hope live
As we stood in the darkness
We knew the light would come
Again

An Original Poem by H.R Beebe