unequal sacrifice

it is the absence that causes most hurt
so much the need to speak of what has passed
urgency requires constant alert

so much had fallen into mud and dirt
we stood there faint both angry and aghast
it is the absence that causes most hurt

so much has happened we could not avert
what once was sacred now become outcast
urgency requires constant alert

truths that a child might carelessly blurt
are now the secrets of a hidden past
it is the absence that causes most hurt

the gift of kindness now become inert
is what the pain so easily surpassed
urgency requires constant alert

an impulse halts and swiftly becomes curt
no one resists the evil of the blast
it is the absence that causes most hurt
urgency requires constant alert