of tenderness & reminiscence
prompt: unravelled roads
a crowded seaside view,
teal barriers, washes of incense
swept up in tangled hair and black loafers.
hesitancy.
a moment,
a memory, multiplicitous in colour.
“breathe in, breathe out. now imagine,
visualise a space - overseas - that makes
you feel safe.”
mahogany tables and mahjong tiles.
the burgeoning beginnings of
tenderness & reminiscence.
the cool of winter morning,
his breath spilling out all white and glorious.
silence clasped by grubby hands
and calloused, coarse fingers.
evanescence,
the title of a childlike question,
an unsteady steadiness, a tremulous
gait.
the unfamiliar and familiar happening
all at once, the tracing of this moment in
soft black loafers. the
edges rimmed
in sepia and decay.
sunset fingers travelling across the page.
wading through rivers and mountains and
greenery of thought.
shuffling,
an unforgiving sun, sweat and grass touching.
murmurs of a language you lost, coarse fingers.
a haunting.
to an aching back straightening up,
a union of marble and granite with ocean salt.
to a pair of black loafers, worn and left behind.
cheers! cheers to tenderness and reminiscence
and to travelling while unravelling. to an era of softness,
干杯
