Fading Glimpses and Rebounds of Goodbyes

Quite Whispers of Loneliness and Forgotten Dreams

Miguel Santiago
2 min readJun 3, 2024
Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash

Nine days to let me go. We’re so far behind we missed the afterglow. Colliding closer feels like running in a dream, holding us back. Feeling so lonely, I’m ready to say goodbye until the next life – maybe it’s the higher power calling.

A radiant sign: reflections of silhouettes, sadness pouring over tidal rays guiding a muted light. It’s all about your immunity, nothing else. For sure, I won’t be running away.

Breathing in the smell of hometown memories, I parachute into blue moon balloons. Where are you? Are you near? Clouds with silver linings drift over the horizon. Wherever you are, you’re as magnificent as a Sahara sunrise. For the love of God, please head home. Your revolution won’t be televised. Save the children from the chains of oppression. Home – the birthplace of hatred.

You are who you are today. I’ll call it a night before morning rises – pieces of a man’s leftovers, a sign of age. Down you will fall; we are prisoners of the needle’s eye – a toast to people and peace.

Have you put a spell on me? It’s my turn to feel good tomorrow, like a July tree on a September day. A random “Take care of business” was needed in this beautiful land. We – you – must learn our place. If I may, I’ll surrender, like the Mona Lisa.

Too young to ramble among roses, I’m lost in those lazy, hazy, crazy days of pretending to smile. Oh dear lonely hearts, we will straighten up – nature boy.

Fragments in the Stream:

Surreal confessions and echoes of a voice dreamt,

Simple words paint a complex heart,

Reality blends with imagination – feeling every line.

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Miguel Santiago

In the silent voices of my heart, I walk alone, where shadows weep and dreams lay shattered, like remnants of a storm long past.