Afore

In this time of my need,
I dream about 
those Harmattan-breezed stories
you left unsaid on my skin,
for you were so dreaded by the thought
that your light may come alive from its slumber,
that I may reflect and echo you.

And I am whispering now,
repeating the song of your beating heart, 
before you could also withdraw your touch,
and say: rather stay blind than to face with these all.

I unbound my hair...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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