The Absence of Sun

they left at 9 AM today
an early flight

I ran for hours afterwards
the skin of my legs
burned from the day before
a homage to the hours
spent by the turquoise sea

all the hatred I've had
dunked headfirst and
drowned as I sat upon
its ugly head until I
felt lost without it

with them they took
the days of my summer
a touch of my worries
the bitterness

the afternoon
was cloudy
and my heart
as clear
as the coastline
before me

Reviews

[Sir Drift & Mr. Pulse]

Made me read this twice to fully get what was going on. I like that! Awesome here just purely awesome

[Stefano Segnan]

Hello! Because of the title I thought I would read something about the long gray days that usually linger over Rijeka. Nice surprise. The poem feels like some of my summers spent in Cres and Losinj, so what else can I tell you but that I like it.

[Little Birdie]

Wow! I am glad you like it. We sure do have some dull, cloudy, rainy weather in Rijeka, but summers are a total opposite. Cres and Lošinj are both beautiful. If you plan on ever coming back in summer, I recommend Krk and Rab also. The beaches are to die for :)

[Stefano Segnan]

Da, ma mislim, živim u Rijeci (:

[Little Birdie]

Ajme, to je baš lijepo, nisam još nikog upoznala tu ko je iz mog malog sela :D trenutno inače studiram u Zagrebu, pa mi Rijeka baš jako fali, a ovo sam napisala mjesec dana prije odlaska. Svaki put kad ju pročitam se sjetim ljeta :)

[Stefano Segnan]

Da, razumijem. Ja studiram u Trstu, pa iako slični gradovi, ipak sam često pisao o Rijeci. Ni ja nisam očekivao da ću nać nekoga iz Rijeke i još da piše na engleskom. Smijem ti poslat jednu pjesmu pa da mi kažeš dali vidiš naše malo selo u njoj?

[Little Birdie]

Naravno!! :D uvijek mi je drago kad netko piše o Rijeci budući da mi je taj grad nepresušan izvor inspiracije :)