#tenacious poets

[acklum]

Senescence

On a warm night, I compose a message that remains unsent.

No fresh breeze here, just a sliver of moon and a glowing screen.

Try, fail, start again, until every new beginning feels old.

-acklum

[autumnalisgalerinapoetry]

When they came (fuck ICE)

[tenaciouspoets]

If I were God, I'd be lonely too

BY AUTUMNALIS GALERINA

Empty equals perfect symmetry magnolia tree burns in the middle of the night the only light Right or wrong bloom and burn return to Earth as ash

[acklum]

Yesterday, finally, the rain came. I cried into my mop bucket then washed the floor clean. Today I threw away my newspaper as I went down in the river and warmth returned.

In the shadow of the willow I sit on the bank trees reflect on the surface graylings swim below – old souls know how the river changes. A damselfly (in no distress) floats over flowing water glowing bright blue in the light of the new sun.

A plant can grow from silt through water to surface in air – minnows never see how lilies show their flowers to the stars.

-acklum

[acklum]

Gravitas

She carries Gods the way I carry doubts heavy and close to my heart.

We both believe we'll die on the day they leave these bodies free to be light.

-acklum

[acklum]

plastic bear eats plastic wrappers

it'd be peaceful here if not for the road nowhere to go but shopping thirty precious minutes before sign in sun shining hot through mandatory dark coloured trousers

this is what normal people do on a Sunday I guess

watch them move along on slow meander from car park to checkout

so much more to need than sunlight and time

heavy bags to carry

the air down here is polluted by petrol but it's free to look up at midges dancing under a blue sky no purchase necessary to sit we always find ways to survive the scavenging sparrows and I

-acklum

[acklum]

the seat next to me is empty

gulls soar grey against grey over the vast ocean of car park

one day I will be fine

flood lights shine white light despite the sun clouds build up high towers pressure piles on

for the next few hours I have to forget

when it's time to work roll up my sleeves to hide where rain has dampened fabric

too late to pretend I don't care

-acklum

[acklum]

kindness can win

flowers nod, yes and tremble

soft shadows sun through petals

sparrows bathe in dust

feathers flutter fragile, fleeting

breezy days agree

-acklum