The Silence of 23:23

THE SILENCE OF 23:23
By Immaculata Ortner

All lights went off 
My heart stops beating for a second
Keep staring at the quoted line
“You can be forever off line”
My heart ripped off my chest, mercilessly 
Speechless like I haven’t spoken before
Whispering with hope
Come back, come back
You kept the door shut
Keep drifting away 
Like a canoe on kavango deltas
Closing the chapter of hope and affection
Only me and my dark room
Feels cold in its four corners
No heater to heat the love
No life, no affection
Only me and my dark room
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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November 21, 2013 at 5:17 PM
I like your first poem very much. Congrats on being featured and thanks for visiting my poetry. Hope to see more of you. Welcome!
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October 27, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Immaculata, ... Congratulations with your featured poem of the week. It was nice seeing it on the Poetry Soup HOME PAGE. Always a poetry soup friend <3 = Linda
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October 27, 2013 at 1:38 AM
Immaculata, CONGRATULATIONS ;) on having your poem featured................... LOVE SKAT
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October 20, 2013 at 9:52 PM
Immaculata, your first poem on the soup is excellent for the readers!! Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. Wishing you the best when it comes to your poems. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you like. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND". Hugs* SKAT
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October 18, 2013 at 5:25 AM
immaculata, I like your first poetic piece on the site ,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. Dropping by to invite you to my latest contest. You will find the contest page on the top left hand side* -Looking forward in following and reading your poetry. Hope to hear from you soon. You will enjoy the community, we are one big happy family. (Drama & Love. LOL) ~ Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@"
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October 18, 2013 at 4:01 AM
- Welcome to P-Soup, Immaculata ! - Nice to read your first poem here. - Hope you will have much pleasure to be with us. - Wishing you good luck - have a nice day! - Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours. - My first greeting to you from Norway / / / Anne-Lise :)
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October 18, 2013 at 2:53 AM
Wow! So scary scene you painted here,nicely penned. Good work!
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