"After Midnight" Short Poems by Amanda Jayne

Hipnos · Ύπνος

Ilustración por Dante de la Vega (México)

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#1

You,

so vast and distant,

a piece of wind,

almost mute

reaching out to me

leaving trails of small voices

behind.

#2

We shall endure the sacrifice

and be blinded equally

from what we've felt before.

Hold my desire in yours.

#3 

What is happiness?

It’s not me,
the night, a person,
a past,

It’s not living in my nest,

Has it lost its way?
Have I?

#4

Nothing can be undone.

A void is now present,
behind it, a whisper. 

Inside my head

we hold.

#5

To depart:

another day has passed
as I loose my sight

for familiar faces. 

#6

Shiver.

A moment slowly burns.

There is no escape
when death unfolds.

I try to hold you in me.

#7

I have forgotten

how quickly days pass

underneath my body.