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A corona virus, isolation, boredom prose poem

The Tribe of the Lonely

I'm one of you - the tribe of the lonely - forgetting ourselves in monotony.
Our shelter world is a shifted reflection of reality - we are frozen in time.
I wait, set aside, a marble girl carved by the chisel’s kiss
but I'm real and full of desires that are ready to be used again.
I'm eager to engage should we end this viral scourge.
I want to live a life - I want memories to name.
I'm seemingly safe - but the cost is paradise.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Al-Khalili Avatar
January 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Undyingly true. Your inner voice really speaks loud in this poem. I can feel the pacing as if someone were speaking it out loud. Your poem stopped my scroll and I am ever so happy I had the chance to read your poem. "The cost is paradise" really sunk deep with me.
Vionet Avatar
January 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Thanks for the wonderful review =]
Conn Avatar
November 29, 2022 at 3:58 PM
Eternal Idol, the sculpture.
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