Paul Trimble Poet Free verse

All of a Sudden

All of a Sudden

       outside the sun has given up
       the stories told are changing
       clouds are fingers of a moving hand
       that hold and press the passion
       of a frozen day against my eyes
       and through my hands the burning void
       calls another season to an end

       my sorrow cuts the shapeless air
       each moment starts with what I've known
       a table in a crowded room
       dark with hidden voices
       and falls away from there
       your yellow perfume lingers like a halo
       over where you've been
       I can't recall how long I stayed
       talking to an empty chair

       and as today winds down to night
       your smile forms up around me
       sharp and turned just enough
       to know what's next and still enjoy
       the soft and bright unfolding

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