Rani Turton Poems

This heart has no reason to regret you;
Why should it have any reason at all:
These years have passed as in a dream
Summer, winter, fall.
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You were, you are
An indissociable part of my destiny.

At dusk when the birds settle in their nests
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The night, glorious, unbending,
Takes and gives nothing away
The night, silent, refuses the alms offered by day
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My heart, trembling like a leaf in the first breeze before the storm
As clouds clash high above
Trembles and shivers in the deepest pain
This then is what is called love
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In darkest night, the soul is alone.

The soul is alone and the world silent;
In deepest pain, silence like a knife
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Books lie scattered before me; scattered like my thoughts
Spring has come to the city; blossoms fall and form a carpet on the ground.
Sounds are muted now; the day is coming to an end
Evening draws nigh. The cold wind will bounce off the river
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Speak to me, then, softly and low
Speak to me about all the places that you've known
Tell me about your life and why
Your eyes, your hands, your face
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Today, as always and as often before
Dreading the light that falls on my face
The fingers that fumble and won't find
Yesterday, today and tonight.
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I hear the world tapping at my window pane
Like urgent rain
Unwordly wordlessness. Bereft, undone
Empty, a shell the mind has become.
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Dried roses, crumbling into dust
All beliefs, convictions and trust
All I have to show for years of believing
Is tracks and traces of dust
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