David Beckham stood silently with his team in memory of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, his head bowed. A bowed posture can speak for the pain of those unjustly accused or restrained. It evokes the story of Christ who stood accused.
IV
All the voices begin to sound the same voice
and the words are at war;
sling shots, knuckles, fists, wires spinning
in the mind, looting logic, cascading blame
and nobody listens
Whatever you might say
the is no point in replying;
replying is lying.
Whatever words might be used
silence is better
until silence is denial.
And prayer; what could a prayer do, be, become
When you already know how the story will end?
Their hands have become claws.