Thursday, 12 March 2015

My welcome guests - a poem by Chris Zachariou

Solitude echoes in the melancholy poems, depicting the aftermath of a relationship breakup. A poem by Chris Zachariou
Melancholy Embrace

An avalanche of memories—

songs, white lilies, yellow roses;
my friends and welcome guests.

They knock on my door
we sit around the table
we smoke, drink wine
and talk about you.

Your laughter,
the laughter of a woman-child,
a smile I adored, the eyes I kissed.
Lost in the moment I mumbled, 'I love you'.

You touched me with your words,
but we were so young, almost children.
Frightened, you ran — you never saw —

the sadness falling through my eyes,
and one day, opening our door,
you left—so quietly and without a trace.

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