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LE TEMPS PERDU

Barbara Shields
Oct 5, 2025
1 min read

There.

The full Moon.

A ghost.


Pieces of you

Falling to earth, walk

Straight through me.


My fingers clutch the sky, aching

To catch your life in a silver bag.


I stop somewhere

Waiting for you.



By Barbara Shields


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