Eclipse of the Heart
In
the dark
Of
my mind’s night
I
return to
Your
calloused hands, your body
Undone
in its searching arms
The
one who taught me
To
bear the black throat
Burn
of bourbon
Sleeping
beside you
I
realise that
Hunger
is who we are
Under
a black lacquered moon
Diaspora
For at least a minute
I had discovered
your smell on the pillow
these are moments
soon after
that I bear for now
in a raft of these words
I call poetry
Solitude
It all begins
With a single breath
Leading to a place
where Memory resides
Packed up in a box
With those dusty
Black and white photographs
This is a trick
You perform
Only with words
Nothing grows thinner
Than your own disguise
Ramesh
Dohan hails from the city of Toronto. He earned a BA from the University
of British Columbia. His poetry often slips into quirky, tender, or
profound observation on the everyday, reading and writing, and poetry itself.
He has also seen his poetry published in several literary journals including
Toronto Poetry Magazine (2020), Trouvaille Review (2021), Bosphorous Review of
Books (2021), Bengaluru Review & Pine Cone review (2021)
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