Surrender

in #nexonian16 days ago




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Enchanted



It’s been raining all week
And now, this wind.


It shudders
The house,
Whistles
At windows,

Demanding
To be let in.


Insistent, this wind,
Totally
Unlike rain.

Rain is passive;

Inhabits
A geography
Of dark silences,

Haunted
And poignant.


And that's why
I’m disappointed—

I wanted to share
This week’s slow fall of rain
With you,

The misty territories
Where I escape,

But you’ve marked
Your borders
And hide
Behind your pride,
Afraid.


Well, I'm not brash;
I honour your wishes.

So let the wind
Rinse you of my memory
And time erase my face…

I only wanted to share
This week’s slow fall of rain
With you,

The misty territories
Where I escape.



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