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Back and Forth
Amri Jaesal
Night after night,
Week after week,
Year after year,
We do not sleep.
We are not at peace.
We pace
Constantly
Along a linoleum floor,
Pondering what could have been.
Back and forth.
The mournful clacks
Of boots we never took off
And set by the front door
Alert only the light sleepers to
Our presence.
The others dream on, oblivious.
The wise say ignorance is bliss,
And our friends will never know
Our secret heartbreak,
Our secret turmoil within us.
They will never know,
Because ignorance is bliss.
They will never hear us pacing,
When we should be sleeping.
Back and forth,
Back and forth.
Amri Jaesal has published 2 more terrible poems since joining on 30/11/99. Read more of Amri's terrible poetry at the anthology. Here are three of Amri's latest works: