The shell doesn’t hit the same place twice

The unburied silence can speak more profoundly than any words.
Today you may have nothing to say, but tomorrow the entrenched silence will tell everything for you. When one kills to survive or to save a loved one, the conscience remains calm. And then it no longer matters which world the enemy’s bullet, in its burning embrace, will carry you to in the next instant.

You feel no pain, even when you cannot join the exiled procession of your own — for you are certain they are walking toward that distant, yet ever-near Haven of Salvation.
Was it not for this that you willingly took the weapon into your hands?

The path to salvation is marked only by the shell that never exploded and the bullet that never left the barrel.

We sincerely express our gratitude to writer Kim Gabrielyan for granting permission to record this work and to publish its electronic and audio versions on our website free of charge.