all along the fringes
nothing haunts me more
than your solitary smile
etched in memory
like a photo under glass
I try to reach out
but there’s nothing to touch
just a lingering aura
baked into my skin
wherever I may go
ambitiously I am watching
hopeful today is the day
you finally find yourself
october two thousand twenty
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very moving
Thank you, Padmini.
Very touching! Fabulously written as always ♥
Thanks so much, Mona!