the card

 

curling at the edges

sellotaped to the wall

the spidery hand had written just a few short words

thanking unknown neighbours for their kind thoughts

 

as I stepped out of the lift, glancing at his door

I pictured him sitting alone

moist eyes staring at the empty room

 

is it better to be the one that goes, or the one that stays behind?

 





 

more poems


playing happily

and never will

you didn't deserve it

the card

little red magnets

cursing softly

that's not living

that's despair

barely touching

the faintest of whispers

so much

all my reasons

that's why she's here

who did that to you

already dead