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This silence

Sarah Hashemi
Sep 2, 2018 · 1 min read

this silence
this vigilance
every word wants a mask
every word symbolic in meaning
wearing black in the shadows
wearing a cloak of invisibility
in the dark fringes
in my blood
at the blackout tonight
at the back of the pack
separated from the living
separated and lost

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this silence
every word wants a mask
wearing a cloak of invisibility
in my blood
at the blackout tonight
separated from the living
separated and lost
at the back of the pack
in the dark fringes
wearing black in the shadows
every word symbolic in meaning
this vigilance

Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

Sarah Hashemi

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Poetry and memoir from the borderlands.

Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

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