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The Swell

A Nonet

By J. Nicholas MerchenPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
The Swell
Photo by Mishal Ibrahim on Unsplash

I miss you—truth painfully sputtered

More to the feeling than to her

The amber version of us

Plays chaos in my soul

I lose myself in

The weary tide

Of mourning

What we

Lost

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J. Nicholas Merchen

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