WRITING PROMPT

The River

Erasure Poetry

Ruth Boukhari
My Fair Lighthouse
Published in
May 25, 2024

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Photo by Ashkan Forouzani on Unsplash

Never let me lose
your eyes,
the rose of your
cheek.
I am afraid of being
what I regret:
no flower for despair.
If you are my treasure,
my pain,
my master,
let me
adorn the branches of your river.

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Ruth Boukhari
My Fair Lighthouse

Ruth is an Australian writer whose work has appeared on Tiny Buddha and YourTango. Her second book of poetry, FORSAKEN, is out now on Amazon!