Poignant

Somehow I'm holding 
My breath, counting times 
In an aquarium
Like the golden fish,
The knife has sucking blood
Under the bottom of the hand
Life cries.

The voice of the flying bird
Dissolved in the evening sky,
A naked tree 
On the falling leafs
My heart sinks.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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