Tears in the Lines
written by: Aileen D. Tacbalan
In a world where hearts can still reason,
I penned your name, delicate as feathers.
Every character held a myriad of realities.
Ones that went shamelessly unaddressed, which was what I dreaded.
Like waves tumbling onto fine grains of gold,
The sheet exhaled as I oversaw.
I was keen on sharing the world about you.
It was almost like a paradox in a world that chose silence.
Like shadows at dusk trailing a fire,
Our love is now in tatters, horrifyingly undone.
You gave me stories that put me in a stupor.
You slipped away, and your impression was cold.
And so I remain, quill in hand,
Sobbing in the silence of the dark, unlit hours.
Even so, my sobs, soft as feathers.
Etch the unturned words.
I pen the unguarded tethers,
And dreams that swirled unattended.
There is a pain that rests unexamined
The remaining ink still hides a broken soul.
If these verses see the light of day,
The fractures of my soul will be bare to them.
In the signs, void of the text,
Between the stanzas, the unspoken agony lies.
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