๐’œ๐“ˆ ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐’ข๐‘œ ๐ต๐“Ž – ๐’ซ๐’ฒ#๐Ÿฃ

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’. ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› twelve ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ'๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’.

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘š, ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘›. Her nostrils filled with tโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž, ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž. ๐ด๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ฆ, โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’'๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ .

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›, ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘›. ๐‘‚๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’, โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘›, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’. ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก, ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“-๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก.

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’? ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž ๐‘œ๐‘“ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ. ๐‘๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ. ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’? Would ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’?

3 thoughts on “๐’œ๐“ˆ ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐’ข๐‘œ ๐ต๐“Ž – ๐’ซ๐’ฒ#๐Ÿฃ”

  1. Tish, I genuinely had to re-read this writing piece various times to capture the full extent of each detail and the depth you harnessed in each line. The poem itself conveys such poignant emotions and memories that I believe everyone can relate to in their own way. Each line creates vivid imagery in itself, yet, it comes together to create a captivating story as a whole. I especially admire how you referenced all senses to create a more connecting and imaginable relationship with the reader.

  2. Tish, this poem is incredible! You have a way of making the reader hang onto everyone word that is written, and that is an amazing thing to achieve. I admire the concepts behind the poem and how real it is portrayed to the audience. My favourite line in the entirety of the poem is the last, which is, “Would she ever find her matching turtle dove,” because it is very impactful and leaves the reader pondering as to what the answer to that statement is and whether the author does, in fact, find her matching turtle dove.

  3. I truly loved your poem, it’s amazing! The imagery is vivid, and the emotions are palpable.
    I found that the metaphor of “the fragility of ice upon the top of my nose” captures the delicate and fleeting nature of emotions and moments in life; it’s a reminder that what once brought comfort and happiness can change and disappear with time. You did an incredible job writing this poem.

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