Drops against the Window
Chapter 2: Tears in the rain, lady from the sea
Lady from the Sea, Edvard Munch, 1896
“Drops against the window
drumming, like fingers on the coffee table
Impatiently landing.
Waiting for tears in the rain
That never came.
Underneath the dark clouds
A star falls far away invisible when it reaches the horizon
And I fall too.
Her chin tucked into his shoulder
He remembers her asleep, too.
Love can sound like:
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