Karrett

Karrett
An Ode to the Couple that made an Impression

Days, months, years, decades…centuries
Time built up quickly, all was too fast
All have come and gone but nothing could stay
Except for the being that one could touch but still was only a vapor

Imprisoned by time, I was hopeless and nothing more.
Long gone was the desire to think that something of goodness will knock.

I felt nothing. I was nothing.
Caught by surprise, he could see me.
I was not a vapor, I was not invisible.

He was intrigued; I could sense it and see it.
He desired to know what the mask concealed.

To come off with a warning is the least caution but he did not heed it.
He shattered the mirrors and broke the wall.

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poem by Maria Luz Ungab
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