Flavia Cosma

SUPPLIANT HANDS

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Suppliant hands

Streched out for

Plates made of snow,

Wish for Peace, for Light,

For Mercy from above.

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They won't be given,

These precious gifts;

Only a dull, ephemeral illusion,

Only the moon's aura,

[an untouchable globe

And a tear

Welling up many others.