I lost her amidst the greyness of our lives.
She walked the other way without knowing why.
Something pulled her away.
Was it me?
I shouted at the dissolving clouds.
Engulfing her in their shadows.
I breathed amongst a million raindrops.
And lost my temper to the world.
I kept standing on my feet.
Tightening the rosary across my heart.
With every step she was taking, the grip reinforced itself.
I was looking at statues and wondered how they persevered.
I felt my head on the chopping block.
She had the knife and threw it away.
Where was I to go?
Her arms had deserted me, my body, entirely.
And yet I perceived her love dripping off her back.
Laying seeds for me.
It was in our memory, our inner sanctuary, the golden rays that never leave.
The ones that awake you if you let them,
The ones that cannot be robbed by the hands of reality.
“Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt” by Georges Rochegrosse (1859-1938)
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My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian.
I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides').
My debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker.
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