LOST AT SEA
SUCCESS
UNREACHABLE
Image by Christine Renney
It’s not as I first thought
A child enquiring after you
But you, your voice getting lost
In the static
Your image
Drenched of all colour
Its outline although blurred
Is defined
The pale unreachable you
JUST AFLOAT
TIMELAPSE
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Caught in a timelapse
And unable to count the days
Seconds and minutes colliding
Straining against the void
THE REWARD
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I reach for something
Anything
But my life is routine
Each day has its place
And each has its task
One lost
Another
And on
I reach out and
Hold onto this
Your voice carries
Across a full and busy place
And I remember you
Telling a dream
Finding space
The sudden discovery
Of an unknown room
I can hear you
‘Our own house and I didn’t know
About this’
And I can see you there
incredulous
SOMETHING SPARSE
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I set out alone
My intention to gather words
And use them
Build something
A poem found on the street
But it was heavy and sodden
And unwieldy
I had to pare and parse
Needed something sparse
A mossy bank
The slightest of inclines
A narrow lane
A muddy footpath
RECYCLING
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The air in here
Is thin
A clear gruel
Fabric stretched and frayed
The air in here
Is a sample
In a sachet
That hasn’t run out yet
That somehow manages
To keep on giving
With each and every squeeze
PUBLICATION IN 365 TOMORROWS
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My story ‘Tanner’ is published in the journal. If interested please click on the link. https://365tomorrows.com