Unforgotten
Illustration by Joshua Padel

Hey?

Are you listening?

My voice, it trembles

Breathing through the heavy air

Breaking into many pieces

Hey?

Are you listening?

Tiny droplets of rain,

They knock on your window

Does the sound still make you calm?

Or is it a disturbing noise of untamed calls

Heavier, they get

As if pouring is all they know

In the middle of a summer night,

They often visit more

Could the glassed window

Refuse to break anymore.

If this can be a poem

It will be named after you

Despite this passing season inside my heart

You’ll remain as the calmness I always knew

This weather too shall pass

And I should I ask more if it’s you

Hey?

Are you listening?

The rain stops pouring…

Literary by SM Leoli