AlexthePoet

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POEM OF THE MONTH

The bike chain rattles round in scrappy circles,

wheels caressing tarmac with a gentle whir,

and the wind whistles in ears grown stale with silence.

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Cars splutter out their apologies

as bird song once again claims its place

in the soundtrack of the quiet.

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Brakes squeak, wheels clink to a stop,

and shows scrunch and scratch softly against gravel.

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The crashing rush of water crescendos,

as though the ripples are rushing

to once again become waves.

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Yet the gentle trickles that run in harmony

remind me that some will be lost

in this attempt to rejoin a community

bigger than itself.

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I splash amongst the shallows,

relishing in the sound of the condensed sea,

wondering how much of myself

I truly recognise in my reflection.