Silence in the Hallowed Halls

 

Let them sit there

quietly steeping in their own cowardice

so that history may know them

as traitors to the dream

Let them carry forever

the stain of their inaction

complicit in their silence

enabling fears never thought possible

Let them watch

while the people who have seen

the consequence of neglect 

rise up emboldened with the duty 

of securing their freedoms

-inspired by the 119th Congress, 2nd Session, 2026

Ken Owen    January 2026

Van Niddy Press