Love Poem: New York Fireworks
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Written by: Aby M'Baye

New York Fireworks

New York Fireworks

I didn't see anything 
Yet everything was there 
Before my eyes 
Behind my tears 

A great firework 
took everything away 
suddenly 

Giving way to the crowd 
of the great days 
carried away by the smile 
of an infinite sky on the rails 
of human despair

A great bonfire 
has carried everything away 
suddenly 

Giving way to joyless cries 
Thunders of lightning
Under a stifling heat 
And a grey sky 
Before a downpour of water 
On an ocean of misery 

Shared in all humanity

Aby, New York, 23th May 2022