A silence
That looms between us
Hanging around like
summer air
Hot, humid and stifling
Relationship or not
Illicit or what
Melancholy hanging in
the air
Hot, humid and stifling
I taste smoke on your
lips
As your hands trace my
silhouette
The silence still
Hot, humid and stifling
A joke here, a nugget
there
The new music you heard
A good book that I read
A steely silence thereafter
Hot, humid and stifling
I seek the reasons of
our togetherness
All I hear is silence still
Hanging around us
Like a dull ache
Hot, humid and stifling
Eerie. Sometimes the silence screams. This poem is a melancholic beauty.
ReplyDeleteBreath taking and compelling:)
ReplyDeleteBack here after a really long time and to such a wonderful poignant piece!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flow of words that break the heart.
Silence is not golden all the times... contemplative poem... :-)
ReplyDeletePowerful!- Hot,humid and stifling...
ReplyDeleteI love the silence "hanging around like summer air". Great line! And then the "dull ache." I have known that silence, it speaks volumes and is painful to live through.
ReplyDeleteAn amazingly wonderful atmosphere has been created in your poem!
ReplyDeleteLoved the refrain 'hot, humid and stifling'...it imparts so much depth.
And yes, a great intro too!
I think there is a reason why a prefer cool summers... thank you for confirming.
ReplyDeleteThanks ffor sharing
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