The Silence In Between

the word unsaid 
and what has not been seen 
is what's important.
The dead and those unborn 
exceed the portion 
of those 
we chance to know. 

 The news reports 
that blare with heightened sound 
their dire predictions 
take pride 
in dishing out 
soup plates of woe.

 We eat it or we leave it. 
What's to know? 
And what's to be remembered?

 Rivers flow 
and men are sometimes tender,
take on tasks 
and answer calls for help,
or circle back 
to make a needed loan, 
no questions asked.