Peycho Kanev

So Long

Again the tornado is rising from the forgotten cemetery.

What will remain

except our bones?

There is this moon; witnessed the deaths of thousands of poets.

There is this room; dark and only one candle is burning

next to an old and faded photo.

Our faces quickly sink into oblivion.

And when it’s all over,

there is the creaking of our bones

down below, where only the worms can hear them.

But look up!

A little girl is running across the lawn, and her kite

is flying towards the sun.

Smile!

Peycho Kanev is the author of 4 poetry collections and two chapbooks. He has won several European awards for his poetry and he’s nominated for the Pushcart Award and Best of the Net. His poems have appeared in more than 1000 literary magazines, such as: Poetry Quarterly, Evergreen Review, Hawaii Review, Cordite Poetry Review, Sheepshead Review, Off the Coast, The Adirondack Review, The Coachella Review, Two Thirds North, Sierra Nevada Review, The Cleveland Review and many others.