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Lullaby

Rain has moved on while he's away
and I listen to metal plucks of a
Zimbabwe lullaby played on the mbira.

How still the air, yet there's the
scent of unlit candles; gifts from him
as reminders of me.

I can't help but smile as I recall
walking through a gift shop one day
and he exclaimed "That scent, it's you!"

Now the last of empty thunder rumbles
low as I consciously inhale.
I haven't the heart to burn them.




Preview image: photo by Elizabeth Ann Duffy
Written by Jade-Pandora (jade tiger)
Published | Edited 22nd Sep 2017
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