Somber
written by: Sharon Dina Rose Regala
photography by: Carl Scharwath
Somber
was how she counted
the days of her foregone
times,
with disdain
was how she calculated
the lost beatings
of her pulses.
Suffocated
was how she divided
the rueful emotions
of her senses in whole,
painful
was how she multiplied
the hours
of her mournful existence.
In fraction
was her happiness,
in ratio,
was she valued.
By the number
was how she treaded on
the path of her pallid
living,
…but by the number
she won’t again exist–
she won’t again be chained,
to anyone’s strings and equation.
Sharon Dina Rose is from the Philippines. She has been published in many online literary journals and is the administrator for International Art and Poetry Review, a Facebook world writers’ group. Sharon is currently working on her first book of poetry.
Carl Scharwath, has appeared globally with 150+ journals selecting his poetry, short stories, interviews, essays, plays or art photography (His photography was featured on the cover of 6 literary journals.) Two poetry books 'Journey To Become Forgotten' (Kind of a Hurricane Press) and 'Abandoned' (ScarsTv) have been published. His first photography book was recently published by Praxis. Carl is the art editor for Minute Magazine, a dedicated runner and 2nd degree black-belt in Taekwondo.
