Fumes and Fires

Sunday, 19 July 2015

Death

You who steal men and songs from
hearts once filled with operas.

You who sulk soundscapes,
mapping sorrow
in diminuendos
till silence becomes sacred

To you,
a country  is a castle
built with tears and sand
and blood.

Posted by Ehizogie E. Iyeomoan at 01:22
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