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The Last Shiver

I do not see your face anymore. Lost somewhere, Between two memories, I lay awake- With so many unsaid words. Surreal streets above me Shiver restlessly, As heavy sound of trucks haunt them. I remember streetlights then From one of our those days Burning a hole in your face But blinding me. We used to collect stray words And pebbles in a jar, Walking long roads- Trying to grasp Few of those words Both said and unsaid ones. Ours and others. Caging them for one day. Now, after all this time It's almost dawn again And we have divided the jar. So you stood there, strangely, Drowning in faded streetlights Slowly, inevitably. Here, I lay awake Still lost between pebbles and words Waiting to listen To the last shiver of the streets. Because you took all the said words While the unsaid ones kept me warm.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 4/13/2020 11:13:00 AM
I loved the last two lines. A very emotional Adri, well done.
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Date: 12/8/2017 8:54:00 AM
Very deep poem... great write.. time to pick up your pen again..
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Date: 1/6/2017 2:43:00 PM
I really do like this poem of yours, Adri. It has an indefinable quality about it that I cannot quite express...So very strangely haunting in a peculiarly comfortable sort of way - How very odd! Very well penned! All the very best for your New Year - Cheers! :) john
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Date: 1/6/2017 3:36:00 PM
Thank you so much..Means a lot. Happy new year to you.. :)

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