My friend failed the appointment
and I had this man beside me
with untimely heavy woolen
peering into the condensed haze
of that October evening.
Being alone is scary,
the hoarse voice melted the silence
*and being alive sometimes scarier
than not being*,
he paused as if
the words had drained him
*when you hope it the most
and none turns up
to feel and fill you*.
The fog had almost devoured the halogen
leaving me only with the voice.
It's uneasy, I spoke at last,
*isn't it weird to be talking
without being seen*?
Not in the least,
his laughter rattled the slumberous air
*the world long turned away its face
from the face beside you*.
Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 2017 at 10:19 AM UTC
My friend failed the appointment
and I had this man beside me
with untimely heavy woolen
peering into the condensed haze
of that October evening.
Being alone is scary,
the hoarse voice melted the silence
*and being alive sometimes scarier
than not being*,
he paused as if
the words had drained him
*when you hope it the most
and none turns up
to feel and fill you*.
The fog had almost devoured the halogen
leaving me only with the voice.
It's uneasy, I spoke at last,
*isn't it weird to be talking
without being seen*?
Not in the least,
his laughter rattled the slumberous air
*the world long turned away its face
from the face beside you*.
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