Enigma

An elegy. One left behind for untold, unknown reasons.

"Enigma"



As the ink fades from your pen,
dry scratches send a disturbing noise;
a failed attempt to speak. I'm left clueless.
Clouds of fragile paper dust choke me.

Your voice was masked behind shadows
of long dark spindly tendrils. Ghostly whispers
send shivers to my spirit's ear. Silent sounds
of spider webs envelop and entrap me.

For reasons unknown, your story goes untold.
Mysteriously, a kinship no longer viable.
With no explanation, love vanished
in a vapor. A veil of despair shrouded me.

An enigma.Your heart, white washed.
An absolute. My heart, abandoned.




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