lilac by Asra Jafarey (20, Pakistan)

on the colour lilac

moonlit skies/ a story untold/ inexplicable sadness/ eyes growing old/ with anguish/ and stone-cold fear/ the scent of a candle you keep near/ the ocean most nights/ heavy with grief/ collapsing/ as swiftly as belief/ bruised knuckles/ trembling lips/ a ripe plum/ staining fingertips/ a scab/ a november evening/ endlessly/ looking for meaning/ hypothermia/ awaiting dawn/ the steady pace/ of a love gone/ blue and bloody

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