What is the feeling of absence...?
at first
it is a tremendous wave
that threatens to swallow you whole
a strong aftertaste
that keeps lingering on and on
nothing tastes of it...
with time it is
a gesture or word
which reminds you
of another
but so much another
as if of a different world
was anything real?
now it is the sudden quickness of breath
when I walk quietly down a street
lost in my usual reveries
stringing together ideas
for a new piece of work or an evening meal
wait, did i see familiar face?
no...
my eyesight isn't great
and glasses irritate my skin
i peer a bit more
not anyone I know
but i have come unravelled in an instant
it was absence
again
hiding in a corner
jumping on me
playing its little tricks
like a friend now almost
i might not even recognise
its twin
presence
anymore...
~Me
posted by Sylvia D'souza at 6:52 pm
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