gnarled up, bones like logs
trapped in your words, frog’s ribbet
No air to finish—-
My work:
Patheos,
The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,
The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books
Silent Bites by Eukalypto
Excellent work. Looking forward to reading more!
Oh this has so many interpretations - excellent imagery!
Well-wrought! As a short piece this really kicks, especially the suddenness of the last line, as if one has run out of air!
Where far too many of us live.
That felt so suffocating. Loved your poem!
I feel a little claustra reading that, like I need to take a really deep breath
SAD! We have all been there.
I know the feeling Sis 💕🎈
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Comments (7)
Oh this has so many interpretations - excellent imagery!
Well-wrought! As a short piece this really kicks, especially the suddenness of the last line, as if one has run out of air!
Where far too many of us live.
That felt so suffocating. Loved your poem!
I feel a little claustra reading that, like I need to take a really deep breath
SAD! We have all been there.
I know the feeling Sis 💕🎈