Last Echoes of Peace

By Keertana Saji

Everything was in silence,

as the world outside

raged with violence.

The walls marred with blood stains,

and people with their eyes dull in pain.

A voice breaks through the void,

an angelic voice through my heart.

There sits a soul- a daughter, a sister,

a mother,

her beauty to put Aphrodite in shame,

to make Sappho envy me in vain.

The melody dances with her words

as my mind sways to the song.

Oh, dear mother, your voice dulls the world.

So, as wisteria grows,

please let my eyes close and

one last time, with peace,

I let go…

By Keertana Saji