Rengay

Solitude

Pravat Kumar Padhy (India) and Sherry Grant (NZ) 

crescent moon--

the full-blown smile 

a space I try to fill 

         into little red speck

        a balloon escapes

I try to catch

the fragrance

left behind

your name 

on the tip of

my tongue

        turning back

        I speak to the evening breeze

a silhouette 

the aftertaste of

loneliness

 

Scarlet Dragonfly, June 10, 2022 (Ed. Kathleen Trocmet)

 

https://scarletdragonflyjournal.wordpress.com/2022/06/10/solitude/