Listless, I stare into the gloaming
lost in my thoughts
the cool breeze is a balm to my fevered body
and the drizzle, nectar for my parched soul
through the curtain of shimmering diamanté
I espy a solitary figure yonder
is it the one I have been waiting for,
the one who makes me feel alive
or just a will-o’-the- wisp
ephemeral and elusive
a beautiful but heartbreaking dream
that leaves shards of longing I bleed upon
with a sigh I go back inside
to my solitude and lonely reality.
Ahhh Punam you did it again…seamlessly put those prompt words together coming up with such a beautiful piece
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Aww! Thanks a lot, dear Mich.
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Oho.. the last four., ❤️ 🤗😇👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
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Thanks dear! 🙏🏼🤗❤️
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Wow, Punam. So good.
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Thank you so much, dear.
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Oh my gosh I love it when you write like this 🙂💕 Beautiful!
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Aww! Thank you so much, Christine. This means a lot to me. 🤗💞
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It is so moving and it’s like am feeling all your emotions. You are a wonderful writer my dear Punam 🙂💕
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Thank you once again, dear friend. It is encouragement like this which keeps me going. 🙏🏼🙂💞
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Beautifully written and brilliant use of the prompts.
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Thank you so much, dear.
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My pleasure, always
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ooh so powerful, nailed it!
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Thank you so much, dear. 🙂
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my pleasure!
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I second what everyone else has said, Punam. I do think the best poetry is written from the heart and you have demonstrated plenty of that. ❤
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Thank you so much, Tracy. It feels wonderful when words from my heart touch other hearts. ❤️
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❤
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Wow … A longing heart and a parched soul go hand in hand …… gorgeous it is
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Thanks a lot, dear. ❤️
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Pleasure was all mine 😊
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Oh Punam, I prefer your lovely to that unsightly reality….
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Ah! Thanks, Ivor.
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Oh Punam, this pulls at my heartstrings… That cool breeze was so embracing with the image it bought. Let that image become reality, soon. This is beautiful ❤️❤️
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Thank you so much, Rachel. Sometimes the prompts push me in a direction I would rather not take but then, the heart rules…❤️❤️
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Sometimes, it’s nice to let the heart rule, as long as it does not hurt us too much, and doesn’t completely overrun our sensibilities for too long. I love the imagery and language you use in this poem, the heart makes for beautiful poetry ❤️❤️
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The heart mostly rules in most of my poems. ❤️❤️
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Oh come on this line breaks my heart- “a beautiful but heartbreaking dream”
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Life is like this, na! Thanks for reading, Mou.
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I hope you don’t mind my calling you Mou?
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Hahaha, call what you will. It’s all right!
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Beautiful and heartbreaking indeed, the eternal frustration.
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Yes, always. Thank you so much, Paul.
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My pleasure Punam
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What a beautiful poetry – poignant but beautiful
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Thanks my friend!
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My absolute pleasure
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You paint such a lovely picture of longing here…
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Thank you so much, dear.
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love the landscape of your words
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Thank you, my dear.
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Poignantly beautiful ❤️💔
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Thank you so much, Yasmin. 💞
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