Ancient tenderness
She keeps her purest words
Framed between the utterance
In poetry and the tension of
Silence within language
She hums a forgotten tune
Travels to the edge of scriptures
In search of her kin and stands
In homes vacant of the living
Ancient tenderness disappears
In the void of night
A memory in her true voice
Scars in deaf remembrance
She sees herself in the glass
On the face of time’s watch
A round of beats per minute
Strapping life to her wrist
Living in a naked absence
Her love tries to weigh loss
She vanishes on the other side
Of daylight and is now a freedom writer
- © Fotoula Reynolds 2022
Fotoula Reynolds is a writer of poetry, born in Australia of Greek heritage. She lives in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria, Australia. She convenes a poetry group in her local community and regularly attends and participates in spoken word events in and around the city of Melbourne. She is the author of three poetry collections and is published widely in anthologies, journals, reviews and magazines. Fotoula is a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee.
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