©
Farouk Asvat
We break bread in some quiet corner
Reliving the quieter moments of our lives.
But
the years have stilled the passion;
The
magic bond is broken.
And
you mark your distance
Keeping your lively green eyes shuttered
Refusing
entry to the brooding soul.
And thus distanced
The schism widens
So much, I have wanted the
essence:
To feel the fragrance of
freshness
To dance to your lively
eyes
To drink the troubled soul
Kiss the compassionate
smile.
So much I have wanted.
To live in whitewashed
fairyland;
Too much been part of the
suffering
For you to stand the strain of
my existence
For you to come to me
To be my fantasy
Be my only reality.
So much closer than closer
friends
The evening air whispers
Almost with a sigh
Black clouds gather with
vengeance;
The first drops have fallen;
And in the stillness
The night is restless
© farouk asvat
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composed: 1976 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid];
[] Acknowledgements:
The Barrier
was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives
(black thoughts publications, p51, 1982);
Wietie 1 (Sable, Johannesburg, p8, 1980);
Exiles Within (Writers' Forum, Cape Town, p2, 1985);
A Celebration of Flames (Heller Fund, UC Berkeley, USA, p13, 1988);
The Time Of Our Lives
(piquant publications, p72, 2007);
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback,
p70, 2014).
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<> blog link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
<> every
form of refuge link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2012/04/upon-seeing-you-in-dark.html
<> blog archive: 17
april 2012
<> the
barrier link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-barrier.html
<> blog archive: 23
september 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 (comparative
literature & literary criticism)
¨ all my books are now available
on amazon: in paperback & kindle
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