HUSH

 

tall tales and all

Fiction

Poetry

A Tale of Exile

Literary Monuments

Thotlines

Audience Response

So many unseen sunsets
So many unwalked walks
So many unmade dinners
So many unfinished stories

I am the memory that lingers
The memory that clings
The memory that crushes
The memory that moulds

Eyes to behold
Arms to fall into
Smiles to warm the heart
Laughter like ripples of rainbow

So many unspent nights
So many skies to soar
So many tears to share
So many kisses to savour

A river
An ocean
Winds
Storms

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Head bowed
Thoughts and wishes
Head bowed
Prayers and regrets

Whispers in the din of the city
Cries in the quiet of the night
Silent groans that kill the soul
Screams at the break of dawn

I'm awake
Awake in a vast desolation
Awake and anguished
Awake and needing to die

Another morning
Another stretch of gray
Another rock of Sisyphus
To roll up Misery hill

Toil
Tatters
Tempest

Hush
 

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