Elysium I have seen those Breathtaking cherry blossoms, Wonderful cascades, serene woods And lonely valleys. I really felt happy seeing All the beauties of nature. I never thought of anything More beautiful than this But when I heard the laughter Of those poor innocent children When I saw them jumping in happiness After receiving goodies I changed my mind. That old man in their street Is perhaps more fortunate than me. He can behold this every day Selling his delicious roasted peanuts And giving some to these Poor little kids At the end of the day. *Elysium- a place or state of perfect happiness. Biography: Sravani Singampalli is a published writer and poet from India. Her works have appeared in Scarlet Leaf Review, Spillwords press, Criterion journal, Setu bilingual journal, Whispers, Labyrinthine Passages journal, The Blue Nib, Night Garden Journal and many others. Her poems are also forthcoming in Leaves of Ink, Kitaab, Formercactus, Gone Lawn journal, Vox Poetica, The Pangolin...