The Empty Room
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Written for the contest " the empty room" sponsored by Craig Cornish. An inspiring prompt that got me thinking. I remember losing my grandfather, and going back to his house( my childhood happy place) where now my grandma lives alone. Its a beautiful spacious island house with long hallways, and grandpas clock now remains as a timeless souvenir. The emptiness of his room, is filled with memories , of when he used to make little swings for us; and I used to play marbles, which he gifted me, little things that gave me joy! Now defines my childhood.: Anyhow, sorry for rambling, sometimes writing brings so many memorie back. Always in my thoughts, for my grandfather;
Monsoon mornings are like a seedless vase filled with paralyzed petals.
I sit reminiscing, the fleeting frequencies of his ancient clock,
now cloaked in coal cobwebs composing skeletal memories;
a timeless token of unblemished innocence,
when tiny fingers, tattooed with henna butterflies,
awaited the dawning strings of golden kites.
I ponder if shadows of the moving moon still caress chiffon curtains, forming a crescent spoon,
resembling five marbles of childhood that played hide and seek,
to his virtuous voice echoing down hollow hallways~
homing a trail of tender heartbeats from the swings he made for us…
For the empty room of a wise man is never soulless.
It shelters fearless footprints of futuristic art, painted with patience,
when fairies of twilight forget the lyrics of starry lullabies.
Tonight, I trace whispering wallpapers,
listening to the sound of my grandfather’s perennial promises~
that linger forever, embalmed in sandalwood serenity,
while nightingales croon eclectic elegies to the mourning sky.
Copyright © Ink Empress | Year Posted 2024
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