Shishir 2019 Issue, Poems - Lawrence Chin
Love stories
By Lawrence Chin
a long time ago
is inadequate distanceconfounding lost yearnings
dropped between livespassing disappointments
garnered as silenceweigh, more than
the heaviest of hearts.
a long time ago
is impossible measureof confused words, bound
in anxious scrutinymeaning after meaning,
pinned, but fluttering overimagined, impossible
askance of what-is-yet-to-be.
a long time ago
is unintended answerechoing the widest hope
abiding in incomplete lovemanifest in broken
lines tracing a shadowfore-brooding, of ambiguous
gratitude left unacknowledged - dangling.
a long time ago
is careful promisewrapped with crumpled spirits
enfolding secrets, darkenby unyielding needs
reached beyond intothat sinking pit
which lights as it dissipates.
a long time ago
is stubbornness heldagainst best intentions
mended over and againas time passes through
anguish desires, notchedwith love stories told
through bated breaths, mingled.
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Lawrence Chin lives and works in Singapore writing poems and essays in between his work in the museum and visual art fields. |
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