Hearty thanks  dear editor Manik Chakr

Ada Rizzo

POEM 

In the Silence of the World

I open my eyes  

peace is still locked away in the drawer of dreams  

It dwells in the inner universe of each one,  

a heavy cocoon, it cannot become a butterfly,  

it struggles to fly beyond words and futile wars  

It wishes to rest between the eyelashes of a child to lull him into serene sleep  

It longs to transform every mortar blast  

into a symphony of life  

that resonates in the silence of our souls  

Long is the journey of peace,  

fraught with pitfalls,  

walls to break down,  

bridges of courage to build,  

to traverse together, step by step.  

Let each of us become the creator of a work of art,  

a delicate fabric in which the warp and weft are intertwined threads of hope and dreams.  

In this dark, impoverished world,  

may peace be light for our hopes,  

an invitation to see diversity  

not as a threat but as an opportunity.  

In the silence of the world, the call for peace resonates every day: let us listen to it!  

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