Chokolaate

THE YOUNG BRIDE

THE YOUNG BRIDE

The Young Bride

 

Pink blush of

Veil and gown

Obscuring,

The pallor of

Stiff flesh. Church

Bells sound for the dead.

Not the living.

Heart- wrenching

Lament.

Gaping wails

Mingling.

In the storm

Of static

She drifts. Quiet. 

 

By Savindri Ferdinando