Emptiness

Crumbling colonnades, ivy laced,
fronting fractured windows, ghost faced,
where once a family was housed.
Warped in time like a web,
forgotten picture of the dead
who here used to love, laugh, and live.

March 5, 2022
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Gauthier Avatar
November 10, 2022 at 9:16 PM
Nice one, Faye ~
Hutchings Avatar
March 17, 2022 at 11:07 AM
Congratulations, Faye! What a hauntingly beautiful poem! Well done! Much love...Meghan
Mohn Avatar
March 15, 2022 at 10:18 PM
beautiful poem Faye :)
Alex Avatar
March 15, 2022 at 8:57 PM
Forgotten picture of the dead - Times make it. Beautiful. Congratulations!
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