Music of the Heart

The 
writer
combs the 
breeze for the 
salt tears of the 
aching heart. Drying 
them with his words, he 
casts the salt in the dry eyes 
of the hearer. And thus, we cry.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Rebstock Avatar
September 18, 2015 at 7:14 PM
Wow, is my response too. So creative
Lindsay Avatar
September 19, 2015 at 5:28 AM
It still makes me almost cry when I read it, thanks Shirley ;)
Scott Avatar
August 2, 2015 at 8:00 PM
Nice poem.
Chircop Avatar
August 2, 2015 at 5:39 PM
Ouch those salt tears.. yes I can watch them being combed in the breeze of others and winds of my own . Love your shape poem.
Dietrich Avatar
August 2, 2015 at 4:34 PM
wow, what a sensitive poem! Very creative.
Lindsay Avatar
August 3, 2015 at 3:41 AM
Thanks, Andrea; coming from you, that is praise indeed ;)
Muideen Avatar
August 2, 2015 at 3:11 PM
A beautiful write here, a writer's world is great, she can do a lot of things. I like your write it is excellence...........A.M.
Lindsay Avatar
August 2, 2015 at 3:25 PM
Thank you, Afolabi; this is one of my favourite pieces ;)
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