After Forty Years of Snow

After forty years of snow
Do you remember the watch you gave to me wrapped in a poem? 
It is still bound to my soul's meaning
The more time passes 
The more the letters jump into my heart artery
My heart is now pumping flirtation 
How many times I have wished
That if my city were not surrounded by graves
Then like a little girl  
I would wait for you in a secret garden 
Come on! 
Take off this thick absence 
As thick as a New Jersey coat in the winter time
Melt off the snow that has stacked on the lines of your messages 
Mow the grass that has grown on your tongue
Don’t save a sea of tears for me 
I am not a mermaid 
Make yourself present with words
Woo me
Let me stop demanding my rights
And thrive by the touch of your fingers as they play with my hair
Let me fool myself again
And see you as center of my universe
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Wanter Avatar
April 21, 2019 at 11:17 AM
Love it. Your metaphors and similes are so original.
Hassan Avatar
April 21, 2019 at 11:35 AM
That because you are real poet , thank you Sunlite Wanter
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