Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Gift






Unwrap your gift
Event by event,
Day by day,
Enjoy these -
A dense bloated cloud,
A hungry writhing flame,
A hedge of barbs,
A labyrinth of glue.
What will you do?
Will you cower and shrivel?
Will you lock in a shell?
Will you falter and fail?
I challenge you to fight.
Show me your fangs.
Can't you bite?
I see you grapple.
But here is more.
Let me see -
How steel thaws,
How colour drains,
How you wither and die.
I was never your friend


This poem first appeared in of The Literary Hatchet Issue 21 (page 65)