Would you come lie next to me?
Just one last time?
I miss how it used to be
Before this war crime.
Would you ring my number?
Just for today?
Peace was hearing your voice fade away
As I fell into a deep slumber
Would you shorten my name?
Just because I’d do the same?
To one vowel and a consonant
Everything else sounds so distant.
A.
Akunna Ezekwem 