interlude

arqios

 

Interlude

 

The world dims—

light falters, seas fall silent,

love cools to ash,

and memory frays into dust.

 

Yet in the hiatus,

a sudden blush of petals—

sakura, trembling in the air,

a brief rebellion of beauty

against the certainty of decay.

 

For a heartbeat,

the streets are rivers of pink snow,

     strangers pause,

           eyes lifted,

as if eternity had cracked open.

 

But the blossoms scatter,

sweep into gutters,

trampled under shoes.

 

The trains still run,

the markets open,

emails pile up,

and the world resumes

its business-as-usual.

 

The bloom was only a pause,

a reminder that even endings

carry their own fragile grace—

and then the clock ticks on.

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Author: crypticbard (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 8th, 2025 05:22
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • sorenbarrett

    The images created in this poem grab attention to a moment in time while the introduction of color amidst decay shows the cycle and balance of life. A magnificent portrayal of entropy punctuated with the phoenix like rebirth from ashes only to fall in flames again. Very nicely done Cryptic

    • arqios

      Thank you again for such a generous reading. I love how you drew out the cycle of entropy and renewal and gave that sense of beauty rising briefly, only to fall again, was very much at the heart of what I hoped to capture. Your phoenix image is a perfect echo of the sakura’s brief rebellion against decay. I’m so glad the poem spoke to you in that way.

      • sorenbarrett

        Most welcome my friend your poems little gems that one can not pass over lightly

      • orchidee

        A bloomin' good write A.

        • arqios

          Thanks O🕊️🙏

          • orchidee

            A quiet interlude until I shattered it by saying 'BOO!!' lol.

          • Tristan Robert Lange

            My friend, this spoke to me deeply...the way beauty insists on existing even as life returns to its noise. Beautiful job, Rik! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

            • arqios

              That insistence seems to be the source of our hope amid the din 🙏🕊️

            • Goldfinch60

              Those blooms must be savoured Rik even if they do not last long. They show that there is good in this world.

              Andy

              • arqios

                Hope and goodness, yes! Thank you dear Andy 🙏🕊️



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