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Month: March 2021

look north

March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

look north

more snow on the hills

sun glints on out-tide sand

emotions need no metaphor

you live to the south

March 12, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

you live to the south
waking in winter you see the sun before me
evenings I climb the highest hill
to hold it in my eyes a little longer
until suddenly like hope it slides away

my dreams are habit forming

March 11, 2021 / simonsalento / 2 Comments

my dreams are habit forming
glossing the darkest days mistakes
until
with patience
the apricot morning breaks

the storm has passed

March 10, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

the storm has passed
but
the birds remain silent
they are waiting too

only when you whispered

March 9, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

only when you whispered me the words
the words you whispered me
only when you whispered me
the strength in silence

following

March 9, 2021 / simonsalento / 1 Comment

following my own path
my decisions my choices
finally I found you

volcano

March 7, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Efeles has been silent for eight hundred years. I have not spoken since you told me what you felt. I know how the volcano feels.

words written with feather point

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

sharp lines soft emotion
words written with feather point
blurring into clouds

like matches or gasoline

March 5, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

hearts are so flammable
like matches or gasoline
heat love and the oxygen of attention
the eternal triangle
once more

night light

March 4, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

we see the same moon
the light on my neighbour’s gate
stars prickling the velvet sky

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