Stark silence

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 16

Book cover for Antal Radó. Költők Albuma.

Stark beauty of your silence
When only the eyes speak
Sometimes burning
As the lonely log
In an ashen fireplace
Sometimes cold
Like the winter snow
Only to be swept away

Today, I read your poetry
On lined yellow sheets
Now I know why
You hardly ever spoke
For your words engulfed me
A surging wave of emotions
Came crashing through
Drenching my doorstep!

Poetry inspired by the book cover of Antal Radó. Költők Albuma. Budapest: Robert Lampel, 1904 — Source.

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