MUFFLED CADENCE
The sound of shot.
The roar of gun.
Thy will be done
blares the drum.
The sudden shock.
The news farflung.
Thy will be done
beats the drum.
The hour of grief.
The darkened sun.
Thy will be done
rolls the drum.
The sound of shot.
The grave begun.
Thy will be done
mourns the drum.
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by N Marshall Bertsch
(N Marshall Bertsch is a Republican who was profoundly
griefstricken by the assassination of John F Kennedy).
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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.
Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing.
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing.
'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must read more
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
At least when you are dead you will know what silence truly sounds like.
At least when you are dead you will know what silence truly sounds like.
