don’t know
why but today
my soul hovers not
and the
wind is calmmy soul hovers not
we sit next to each other
emptiness walks
by, we wave
it takes a seat next to my soulit chatters with the wind
but not with me
i ask...emptiness, why do
you sit next
to me? but no wordsare exchanged...it ignores me
so I sit alone
my heart
beats, tethered
by subtle and
quietit’s beat not heard amidst
the hovering of other souls
my heart
aches recalling the tears
shed of life’s
disdains and allthe telling of angry words
captured in its chambers
is this the
way it must be
for days to
come only the wind and emptiness
to sit next to me?
The image of sitting alone with only the wind for company really intensifies the sense of isolation and depression in this poem. Thank you for participating in this challenge.
ReplyDeleteThis is very poignant, my friend.........sitting with emptiness.......reminds me of times I have sat next to someone yet felt lonelier than I do alone. The feeling of isolation comes through so clearly in this poem. May the wind blow a soft loving breeze your way.
ReplyDeleteYou have captured loneliness at it's core beautifully Marcoantonio.
ReplyDeletevery poignant lines and the yearning is palpable in the last stanza...
ReplyDeleteI can think of worse things than a nice quiet sit down with th wind for companion and not chattering.
ReplyDeleteLike your treatment of the prompt and the choice of the item that carries the fallacy.
So much emotion in your poem~ You write beautifully-even when it is sad~
ReplyDeleteThe second paragraph is just lovely - a light touch to such heavy emotion!
ReplyDeleteI like this! Tried to find the words to describe why, but figured out my words are missing today... Perhaps they're on a bench somewhere, next to your emptiness? Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBut emptiness does make room for light and warmth to enter, once there is a crack in its armour...!
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