A Peace That Strikes Terror

August 27, 2011 at 11:01 pm (Poetry) (Irene)

A pin dropped on the empty streets
and the echo seemed to shake the Statue of Liberty
no traffic
no transit
no buses
no planes
ironically Irene is a Greek word meaning peace
and the city is devoid of noise
seemingly at peace
but the peace over the Big Apple
seems to be the peace of the grave
and the approaching sound of wind and water
could be the approaching hoofbeats of death.

-A poem written by Dracul Van Helsing
Saturday evening, August 27th 2011