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Rafael Bay Poem
You were so beautiful yesterday,
When the air smelled of wildfires,
When a nostalgic fog painted the city with sepia
When I got a flat tire.
You were so beautiful yesterday,
When a cold morning wrapped us in its chilly blanket,
When our silhouettes glided through the parking lot floodlights,
With our fingers entwined in an amorous fight,
And a rare car would bid us farewell with its sleepy headlights.
You were so beautiful…
Yesterday.
Copyright © Rafael Bay | Year Posted 2023
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Rafael Bay Poem
I was waiting for your answer
Just the dog and myself in the car
I was listening to the same old stanza
Of the engine and rain, and so far…
I have yet to receive your answer
Dog’s head stretched warmly across my lap
The day’s cluttered pages
Softened beneath the rain’s steady tap
In this calm, my soul unwinds at last
I do love getting lost in the fog’s shroud
So deep
Getting caught in the crosshairs of parking lot lights
That creep
At night
Through dense fog they shine with purplish-yellow glow
Painting the racing raindrops on my windshield as they flow
I was waiting for your answer
Will I hear from you tonight?
Love’s subtle enchantments
Dimmed beneath the traffic lights
In this calm, my soul unwinds at last
As fog rolled softly through the dark
The whole world faded into blue
And in the hush between the raindrops
The rain kept answering for you
Copyright © Rafael Bay | Year Posted 2026
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Rafael Bay Poem
When the kiss grows cold
And the scent is pale but lingering,
Hazy memories gather at the door,
As though the years had called them home once more,
While the rumors of our being are racing
The world
That never learned our names.
Copyright © Rafael Bay | Year Posted 2026
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