Thousands drive alone
Thoughts enclosed by metal boxes
Perfect preparation for the isolation
That inevitably comes
Where no shoulder, hard nor soft
Accepts your bones’ tears
~
CLP 07/08/2020
Tag: Loneliness
At the Margin
At the margin of day and night
Of land and sea and sky
Where fit I?
.
CLP 10/07/2020
On Endings (ix)
Click, clunk! Home alone
Empty of the stuff of life
Tears stain bared floorboards
.
CLP 23/06/2020
Wick’s End
We lit the candle together
Holding the splint, hand over hand
Flame flared, formed, flickered
Came to life
We laughed and blew out the taper
Followed its dissipating smoke into the dark
Turned our eyes to the fresh wax light
To sprites dancing on the walls
Laid enrapt until drowsy
In warmth formed bonds
Of breath and limbs
We fell to sleep sapped of strength
Frost crept across the pane
A spider spun its web
Hours slid together
As we un-knowing lolled apart
I awoke to shivering air
The unclosed door
Branches silhouetted against the sky
Shrivelled candle cold
.
Christopher Perry
3rd May, 2020
On Darkness
Out there sea and wind
Roll pebbles along the shore
Hear each one disturbed
.
Christopher Perry
17th April, 2020
In Touch
Phone, radio, book
Outside world accessible
We are not alone
.
CLP 07/03/2020
