The Silence (Revised)

The silence is now
A deafening reality
Guns of moments before
Cannot match

The silence is here
Deadly nothingness
Screaming to be heard
Among the lifeless

The silence is gone
For those still here
To whom silence is life
And life remains silent

The silence is past
Saving many lives
Yet taking many more
Lost to a brilliant silence

The silence is now
Standing here in silence
Recreating a vision
Of what was once real

The silence is here
Standing here in something
Only the dead and gone
Can truly understand

Silence.