Tears of Old Woman

An old woman talks
with her poem
on her husband's death
still even now
she has been talking it for fifty years

she continues to talk
with her poem
to her husband
he left her alone
and died in the war
fifty years ago

people in the world
welcome her poem
continue to welcome
praying for the eternal peace and love

one sheet of paper
deprived her happiness
common but so precious
happiness of an ordinary woman
life together with her husband

the old woman recites a poem
when finishes it
turning her face aside
she always sheds tears

From  2005 The World Congress of Poets in Los Angeles