Empty Halls
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She was filled with the laughter
of her host and invitees
As her lights were lit by their hopes and dreams
Life was a paradise unnoticed
Till the lights went out
and darkness invaded
As fear over us pervaded,
Hearts sunk in grief
Eyes drowned in tears
Deafening silence above her
soared
Our halls became a cemetery
Lifelessness took our forms
The stage hosted our ghost
Singing nolstagic melodies
as the birds, bees, and insects danced in our former spot
The chandeliers held no more lights but darkness
And the chairs were cold
and lifeless
Our life became miserably beautiful
The world biggest prison
and our homes became its cell
Only that it was different
It hosted families reunited in love
Hoping and praying for a change
Yet,
Thick Cobwebs of frustrations hung around her
Tears rolling against her windowpanes
And our blood were graffiti written on her walls
Finally we started giving up
As the alien grew stronger
She conquered for days,
and Weeks, and months
Till our eyes were red and blurry
And our hopes grew old and weary
But,
We were stronger than that
aware that we were on a stage( the world)
It was a horror movie
Only that we all were its characters
Doctors, pastors,
Babies, teenagers adults,Soldiers,bankers, scientists
A Third world War fought not with guns
But prayers, masks, gloves, sanitizers, healthy living and Bullets of Physical social-distancing and uncertain treatment
Yet,
In these we hoped for a happy dawn to refill and light our halls again
Copyright © Eduardo Bosco | Year Posted 2020
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