The Souvenirs You Left

I took a wistful reverie

To heal from the cataclysm

Our confluence had brought.

Yet in my trance

The muses stabbed me

With shards of moments.

And I bled tears,

When my torment was complete,

The tears dried.

And the shards froze,

Into perfect crystal souvenirs

In my heart.

Poem previously published at: https://allpoetry.com/poem/15641776-The-Souvenirs-You-Left-by-AbhijitChatterjee

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