Ileitas oi Staik

By: Alexis Cortes Negron, Grade 9

 

Sea Salt,

I can taste it

As I tread along

The shores.

 

Crashing waves

Seducing me to return

To a place I long for.

 

Sea Salt,

It’s in the air;

How it gazes

Up the spiral staircase.

 

Cyan windows,

It matches the sea,

Reminding me where

I could be.

 

Lost voices

Find their way here,

Shipwrecked

And desperate.

 

Sea Salt,

It’s in our blood,

Smiling as we walk forward,

But keeping a straight face

When we look back,

Even for a glimpse.

 

A place for peace.

How the stars

Shine in the night sky.

 

Ileitas oi Staik,

“The Lighthouse of Stars:”

Bittersweet hope

Continues here.

 

A reminder

Of a tragedy,

Of a period

Of great injustice.

How I long

To go back.

 

Sea Salt,

It comforts us.

It’s a tale to move on,

A tale to let go.

“Mountain Serenity”

By Priya Munagala, Grade 12