The Sailing

Author: Akbar Ahmed
After many a day
we entered
the cinnamon-scented
harbour lights of your eyes
to rest a breath
in concordance with the lilac eve
of your spirit
and mine;
tides will move
like rhythmic bowels
and I will sail.
But
have I the command
to order the anchor
anymore
anymore after you?
And you?
Will you stand
dry-eyed
knee-deep
in the debris of our
concordance
on the isolated shore
slowly waving a
diminishing heart
that lingers a powdered hope
in your innermost veins
or
will you
be thinking of the next passenger-boat?
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