Issue Forty-One - Winter 2023

And We Pretend

By Sam Wise

A single silent
Tear hangs
On your cheek
And we pretend
Not to look
At each other

The mist
Of sorrow
Sitting there
Upon your
Pale skin

I wipe it off
And we continue
Walking,
Toward the heart
I hope you know
Where we’re going.

Copyright Wise 2023

Sam Wise is a Vancouver native living in Montreal, Canada. When he's not writing poetry, he's philosophizing at Concordia University or playing his saxophone. He's been writing poetry for the past two and half years.

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