I awake screaming
Puss drips from my febrile heart
Each wound gangrenous
~
CLP 17/09/2020
Tag: Separation
On Anger iii
Even on calm days
Out of deep blue, waves wash in
Power diminished
~
CLP 20/09/2020
On Dreams v
I heard you clearly
Why don’t you just come back home?
Your voice; the wrong face.
~
CLP 14/09/2020
On Dreams iv
I never dreamt you would
Drag me through cold, sleepless nights
Stalk my restless days
~
CLP 14/09/2020
On Dreams ii
Your visit told me
nothing was as imagined
yet all still fiction
~
CLP 14/09/2020
On Dreams
Who invited you
Into my bed while I slept?
I thought we were done
~
n.b. I fancied torturing myself with some decent poetry and read “Billy’s Rain” by Hugo Williams. I could have chosen to put it down, I suppose.
13/09/2020
