The candle flickers on the restaurant table,
Shadows lie across the menu listing
Spicy rice and chutneys we are able
To taste in silence, both our eyes resisting
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the manifestation of need that yearning sweeping away distance because it's so hard to bear yet how this is done the great mystery of human connection to really know the other and the other really knowing you without masks naked in a world filled with high fashion a wonderful poem
unlike the majority of the attempted poems posted by novice poets on this site, this one actually works, which proved a pleasant surprise. i would say this is a nice lyric poem, which captures well the atmosphere and absurdity of the dating game.
A true people watcher is a rare thing, two together are an unstoppable force. I enjoyed reading this very much. Well thought out with clever rhymes and a lovely subject. Thanks for letting us in on the secret! Hugs Anna xxx