A beautiful smile
She gave whilst life
Still coursed through her veins.
Her soulful eyes
Still shone of light
When mornings baked her breath.
Her delicate palms
Were filled with joy
Even as the world loved hate.
She rowed her own
Canoe of hopes
And saved the ones who gave
Into this endless
Void of grey
A suckling black hole's prey.
How did she let
Her heart stay whole
While all of ours were laced
With poisoned coal
Our beats turned black
While all of hers stayed safe.
Yet now this tale
Is old and pale
Our world once more has failed.
Her cheeks no more
Paint roses red
Her lips don't part the clouds.
Swallowed by soil
Her beautiful smile
Welcome back to our crowd.
- Rati
