Emptiness

Unplowed fields
Abandoned hills
Opened wounds
Sunken ships

Neglected plans
Distant horizons
Unraveled shirts
Bitter, dry fruit

Motherless children
Now janissaries
For blood-thirsty sultans
Heroes enraged

Disgraced sisters
Sorrow in the soul
Unsaid curses
Left behind

Snakes with no heads
Wilted blooms
Unlocked doors
Fading hearts