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by Mai Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Emotional · #1444912
Well, a little villanelle which is up to the reader to interpret.
Any criticism is welcomed- this is only a first draft, so it needs some tidying up. Your help on this is greatly appreciated :D
Mai

An Acquainted Stranger

Now I know all of you- you of all- everything,
This elation, trapping a new sorrow, new grief
For I am unknown, a silent witness, nothing.

In the front row, I am darkened by light as you sing,
An acrid adorer, captive-bound, no relief
Now I know all of you-you of all- everything.

In this shadowed room, I’m the silhouette of a King,
Ghosts can’t touch, cannot be touched, lingeringly brief,
So I am unknown, a silent witness, nothing.

I’m greedy, indulgent, though your offerings sting,
Succulent details rip hole like flesh on a reef,
But I know all of you, you of all, everything.

Your name: a sour tingle, a circular ring
Around my brain breeds septic rage and disbelief
That I am unknown, a silent witness, nothing.

I crave your gaze, you mouth, like a flowering
Bud though it would poison my blood- an Ivy leaf.
Still, I know all of you, you of all, everything,
And I am unknown, the silent witness. Nothing.

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