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seeds drift

September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

seeds drift, summer snow

my thoughts follow carelessly

the bees are busy

the bees are busy

sunshine laziness shaming

the smell of broken grass

the smell of broken grass

heaviness of eyelids

foreseeing brief farewell

there were red fireworks

September 17, 2019December 26, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

there were red fireworks 

the night he fell from the roof

a coincidence 

every colour here

September 16, 2019December 26, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment


every colour here

leaves budding thriving falling

seasons upside down

Acquaviva September 2019

September 10, 2019September 20, 2019 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

longer

each breath longer

than the breath before

the sea rises

rises

and falls

fresh water springs split

white rock fissures

swirling sparkling arrows

sharp ice pale blades

splinter velvet salt

silence falls

azure enchantment

eyes open wide

the paradise is sea

a sudden dark movement seen from the corner of my eye

September 9, 2019September 20, 2019 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

it may have been a lizard

or the shadow of a buzzard

I never saw either again

within reach

September 7, 2019September 20, 2019 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

your skin against my fingertips

your voice across the miles

the memory of a secret smile

and of a lullaby

memories heavy my heart

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

memories heavy my heart

breath comes slowly and inspiration slower

remembering shapes our future

do not repeat the mistakes we all know

Do Not Resuscitate

September 2, 2019 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

You warned me you had thought it through

and if I wanted us to survive

My chest my fists my time

rain washed blue

August 31, 2019August 28, 2019 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

rain washed blue skies grey

castle battlements shining

my thoughts are autumn

roam the hills

August 30, 2019August 28, 2019 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

roam the hills I climb

think of spirits as you pass

make my home your own

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