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Echoes of Absence

an acrostic about grief

By R.C. TaylorPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Echoes of Absence
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sunlight knew your face at one point then

it didn’t as the wind sighed your name

like watercolor smudged memories

even years before seeds knew it was time to rise.

now your absence is the pause with which we speak

commas–between, around, undergound,

evading the fact that you’re nowhere to be found.

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This poem is an entry to Vocal's acrostic challenge:

Acrosticheartbreaksurreal poetry

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R.C. Taylor

I write to invoke, to process, to honor, to resurrect, and—sometimes—to grieve but, above all, I write to be free.

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    Written by R.C. Taylor