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Neutral Tones
A couple stand by a grey pond as their love dies. He never forgets the pond.
This poem in five words
Lovediesbygreypond
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We stood by a pond that winter day
Hardy · Neutral Tones · loss · romantic love
The first line. A cold pond, a grey day. The end of something.
The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough to have strength to die
Hardy · Neutral Tones · loss
Her smile was already dead. Just alive enough to finish dying.
And a pond edged with grayish leaves
Hardy · Neutral Tones · loss
The last line. Years later, every lost love brings back that pond.
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