, in august away i must
spread my small metal wings
away i must cast years
and quiet my singing
i mustn't sink to fear of
opening my lungs to water
in the bathtub and cast out
i must not think of those tulips
ribboning reeds under
in august away i must
my birthday is red red
i must i must not call
your name i must
away and away and gone
the blade you drew me away
from gleaming colourful
as the pencils and pens
from the world away i must
unfurl one metal wing
and sing of it no longer(03/11/2017)
YOU ARE READING
Have you seen the Lost Boys?
Poetryharking back to an earlier poem of mine: poor wendy -- all the heroines get left behind. but she was a darling after all. yes, i very much have tears in my eyes. and it shall be hard to see, and sometimes i won't want to, but i will go on looking an...