12 March 2013

AFTERTONES

AFTERTONES  
© Farouk Asvat  

It is hardly out of love
That we lie here in the aftersweat

It is not easy to go back
To where we come from;
Life sculpts us differently
The old light plays other shadows

    
     Behind the stern facade
     Is the heart that quivers
     To every tremble of your lips.

     But there's a sting in your sweetness
     Your smile
     Leaves the bitter taste of wine sometimes

There was no gala feeling:
I was released from prison
When you kissed my fist
And seabreezes entered the armoured mind;
But now the hell outside
Keeps reminding me of life

© farouk asvat

composed: 1981 [pietermaritzburg, south africa under apartheid]

[] acknowledgements:
Aftertones was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts publications, p83, 1982);
The Voice 3(3) [as Aloneliness] (johannesburg, p11, 5-12.08.1979);
The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p27, 2007);
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback, p27, 2014).
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[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:

Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry)
A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
This Masquerade (short stories)
Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
In The House Of Love (novel)*
Weapons Of Words (literary criticism)

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