Nothing Else Did
The lights went out. The distance didn't.
For an hour, the lights went out.
Everyone noticed. Nothing said.
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The lights go off.
Nothing dimmed.
Everyone -
already sitting
In the dark.
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The glowing screen
Of a quiet phone.
Someone waits for it to ring.
Scrolls. Nothing.
The same glow.
A quiet phone.
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A flood of posts -
Protect the Earth.
Candles burn in -
Curated darkness.
Silence. Styled.
Soft. Hollow.
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A silent phone.
No ring.
No one speaks.
The lights -
Return.
Nothing dimmed.
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Poem for Earth Hour by Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin. AI tags are coincidental.
About the Creator
Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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This feels quite peaceful to me. I love a silent phone, and the darkness feels almost meditative with just the glow.