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(mostly) short poems on life and love

lost on her

November 4, 2021 by Michael Guerin

i.

last night’s torrential rains
finally let up
two hours ago.

through an open window
no breeze cools
this stuffy room.

the curtain’s gauzy fabric
reminds me
of her spaghetti-strapped

summer dress
and carefree afternoons
down at the beach.

ii.

our cottage’s wooden floors
no longer echo
with her footfalls.

i can’t recall her scent
as old bed sheets
have nothing left to offer.

even a late morning sun
remains shrouded
under an ashen sky.

despite months without number
i have no idea
how to say goodbye.

About Michael Guerin

writer, dreamer, lover, seeker. labels never reach the heart of any matter, but they might be a place to start...

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ocean rain
Flowers for Rumi
beneath the waves
Found & Lost
Nature Speaks
still life
between black & white
mind & machine
world thru a window
Ghosts, Flames & Ashes

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