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Villanelle
 

 

 

 

John Daleiden, US

 

The Sounds of Emptiness

 

She’s gone visitingto see her sister
Strong scents of her presence are everywhere, 
The house is filled with her passing whispers.

I walk through the rooms like a lost drifter,
My lonely heart plunged into black despair,
She’s gone visiting
to see her sister. 

Outside, her meowing cat won’t enter
 Inside, cat waits with patience by her chair…
The house is filled with her passing whispers.

Each tiny sound makes my heart beat faster
Without her here the house seems cold and bare
She’s gone visiting
to see her sister.

I switch on lights to make the house brighter 
then sit alone
at the four walls I stare...
The house is filled with her passing whispers.

I have become as mad as Mad Hatter                    
Asking the Queen for tea with the March Hare!
She’s gone visiting
to see her sister
The house is filled with her passing whispers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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