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молитва.
by akvalkova
i ask of you tonight - divine
forgiveness
place upon my hands - spill before my feet
pour your waters over my whiskey hair
my mouth’s been sharp - bitter and harsh
i am on my knees - in front of your sublime
- existence
a beggar yet another time -
my song to touch your ears
a Robin’s tune i’ve borrowed
to deliver you a wreath of faults -
a list of guilts
disrobe my thoughts -
oh divine design -
i have been floating out of control
i am convinced i should be on my knees
- i think - it better - to be absolved of guilt
i ask of you tonight - divine
forgiveness
something’s over me -
in pursuit for meaning defining
my mouth’s gone sticky - my throat is burning
i’ve lost my heart
between the passions pleasures and the plums of life
would you lead
a - soul
sodden with sacrosanct sins
to cross the threshold of haven
my eyes are shut close
- trickling kneecaps pressing down the leather-covered
prie-dieu
- private devotion
in the midst of candles lit for the living and the dead
am i forgiven now
i ask of you
tonight
a distant memory
by akvalkova
rest must given be to souls elsewhere
for memory can dwell so permanently
so patient we must be with their hearts
and all our grievous distress
rest must given be to souls elsewhere
as we don’t want them feeling our agony
for death can be their luxury
nobody
by akvalkova
nobody
sometimes i feel
like nobody
no person
not anyone
for everyone to see
how nobody i can be
nobody
no person
no one
to skip when eyes around
are seeking
everyone
and everybody
nobody
no person
no body
a soul to live
a soul to hide
where soul is shivering
without a home
nobody
but a cacophony deep inside
for nobody’s craving
uncertain undetermined truth
of reputation dark
so nobody can become
somebody
Vigée Le Brun
by akvalkova @aleksandrawrites
previously published in Kintsugi, June 2020 (poetry anthology)
The Clock Struck Twice
by akvalkova @aleksandrawrites
a golden shovel after one of Vincent van Gogh’s letters to his brother Theo.
previously published in Kintsugi, June 2020 (poetry anthology)