Trace of red teardrops

Trace of red teardrops

12 October 2020

Courtesy pinterest.com

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Dewdrops in the air

Pearls scattering on my face

the first of the rains

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Heads hung low they weep

Zoroastrian filters

drizzle through their plight

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Drop by drop gathers

weight of a hundred stones cast

millenary fate

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Maidens in tatters

their backs particles of flesh

sprinkled across choice

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A dash of freedom

drips through time that seeps in age

beads of silver pain

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A splash in the pond

Murky waters now stirring

trace of red teardrops

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Reading of the poem:

Hope – Azam Ali

Written in the context of Ronovan writes weekly Haiku challenge using the words “Drip”, “Drop” and their synonyms. Rules and other poems available here https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/10/12/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-327-drip-drop/