Forgiveness

Can I peek at you
Through the branches
Of solitude?
Can time and space
Finally melt
Between us?
Can I be any different?
Can I be otherwise?
And let the world fall away
From my heart
To be dispersed
Without a fight

How silence washes over
My unwanted desires
How silence creates a void
Where nothing lives
But regrets
Regrets
Regrets
Until forgiveness decides to appear
Swiftly turning the tables
And picking every mistake
Smacking it with a kiss

How do I long
For your eyes to see me again
Beyond the distance
Separating us
Each day
A little more
Yet feeling
Each other’s presence
Beyond the physical realm

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Read Katia’s latest book “After the War, the Women Spoke”.