Airasia 8501 Poem by Elizabeth Padillo Olesen

How to say your name-
You that bore 162 souls
fallen without struggle
into the deep ocean
within your imprisoned wings?

How to look at you -
smashed to the unknown sea
like a child's fragile toy
spreading dead bodies
and objects of past memories?

How to repair you
as carrier of shattered
hopes and broken hearts
as pain and grief of loved ones
fill the open and empty space?

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December 30,2014