Your Return
written by: Nara Hodge
@Nara_Hodge
If I knew you’d return at sunset,
I’d only exist after dusk –
Neither present, nor quite absent-
Until I am revived by your touch.
If I knew you’d return in the winter,
I’d forget that the summer exists;
I’d keep warm with hope’s splinter
That lodged itself in my bleeding wrist.
If I knew you’d return when it’s dark,
I’d never again put the lights on;
The candle would send its last spark
And the night would constrict like a python.
If I knew you’d return when I’m asleep
I’d refuse to be awoken.
In my dreams, perched on a cliff
I’d wait for you till I’m frozen.
If I knew you’d return when I’m gone,
I’d give up my very existence,
So long as my departure falls on
The day of your re-appearance.
Mother, lover, dreamer, poet, politics addict: Nara Hodge describes herself as a lover of words forever in awe of written word and the formidable beauty of poetry. She believes in therapeutic writing and often uses her poetry to express her pent-up emotions and untangle the chaotic thoughts of her restless mind. Nara refers to her writing as Restless Reflections, which is also the title of her first poetry collection in English that is currently in progress.
Nara writes poetry in English and Russian.
She lives with her family in beautiful Oxfordshire, England.
Nara writes poetry in English and Russian.
She lives with her family in beautiful Oxfordshire, England.
Latest posts by Nara Hodge (see all)
- Dream Of Gibraltar - March 30, 2018
- Across A Thousand Miles Of Pain - March 12, 2018
- Into A Starry Night I Retire - December 29, 2017
