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Inevitable changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2023

Tarek Zieneldien*
Affiliation:
College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Abstract

Type
Poetry
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press.

Your glassy eyes sink like sandbags
And your voice –
Which used to echo around our home like thunderous strikes
Is reduced to a feeble whisper
As if you had to seek permission to speak

Despite the circumstances,
I will always remember you as the guiding sunbeam
Whose presence always demanded attention
Warming those around with your soothing embrace