Are you awake?
so much I wanted to say
you smile so gently, in sleep, as you're turning away
secrets of silence
in words weighing too much for sound
I want say them but watch them all fall
through the ground
Are you awake?
so much that begs to go right
so much I wanted to heal, in the balm of the night
tentative touches,
such chances as never return
but you are sleeping. I lie by your side
and I burn.
The feelings expressed here remind me of those that I shared via my short story posted here at AD entitled, "Sigh." Your poem is most compelling, Sara. Thank you. Love and best wishes,
THE IMAGERY IS SO VIVID IN THIS WRITE OF ONE WHO WANTS SO MUCH MORE THAN TO 'SLEEP' THE NIGHT AWAY. WELL WRITTEN AND THANKS FOR SHARING. BLESSINGS. JOYCE
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I met Jerome on a busy city street in Baltimore, Maryland, when he was forty-five years old. On that particular day, I was out and about, enjoying a much-needed day off from work.
I wanted to purchase a sukiyaki sub. I parked my car in an area of
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Regis
It's been a while since I've read your work. You have a way of capturing the moment... so much so, I was there.
Carmen