Ghost Bolero

Why are you found between the silences after culminations of art?
The pianissimos of ballad chords
I whisper a song beneath the hollows of my lips with eyes closed as if to pray.
And as if to say: 
You are everywhere.

As I ghost bolero alone with mannequins made of air.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Bahr Avatar
February 6, 2023 at 3:19 AM
Very different than most poems. Thank you for sharing.
Morjin Avatar
February 6, 2023 at 6:59 AM
my greatest pleasure
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