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February 30

Tom Squitieri

A whisper away
You are
Here for a bit
Then silent
For me
Leaving an
Alphabet of thoughts
Retreats
Boldness
Confusions

I whisper again
Through My Mind
To yours
And it does
Connect
Sometimes

I whisper with words
In the quiet
As I try to see
In a world
Where full
darkness is still
Fair
Yet fullness of heart
Ready

How the years
Come back
To laugh and remind
Taunt
To hear in return
Truth
And charity
So the whisper words
Can be sanctuary smiles

Stillness holds hands
With the whisper
For that is what the elusive
Day can only offer.

I saw her once again
So I know she is real

Still, eyes remain gauze
I cannot find you clearly
And wonder if I ever will
For my Canon in R.

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