XXXVIII: when you are away

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vestige of my name

you call faintly

facing my vanishing back

i'll catch a glimpse while you don't

i heard while i gaze

you at my periphery

facing your fading voice

i can't hear a single thing

surroundings paint-all-white

wounded reds of you—i bleed alone

if there's a reason i'll call back

it's when you are away

von frederick
October 05, 2023

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