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response to encouragement

by Richard Trotter

She spoke and seemed to whisper:
"now can be your time"
yet how I strained to hear
bells of fortune chime.

I only sensed the strangers
in the fog of passing touch,
building clouds of diamond
chipped but still too much.

Instead I touched with fingers
with the girl beneath the day
hands are rare down here-
may always be that way

01/11/2004

Author's Note: old poem

Posted on 01/11/2004
Copyright © 2024 Richard Trotter

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Sam Roberts on 01/13/04 at 01:50 AM

This is beautiful, The last stanza is powerful..sad. Remarkable flow throughout each stanza. The last line is the best, 'may always be that way' best wishes xxx

Posted by Mara Meade on 01/13/04 at 07:47 PM

Ethereal, dream-like... with a hint of sadnes in the last two lines. Beautiful and haunting.

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