guilt (Remove filter)
Exodus
planning one's escape is never easy
even Steve McQueen found it hard
guilt made me especially queasy
I was writing your last birthday card
my escape strategy was meticulous
armed guards would have missed it
such carelessness left me incredulous
normally your vigilance took the biscuit
I timed your every movement with care
then I waited till you left for the gym
...Thursday 27th August 2020 11:41 am
Rose
"I want to tell you" she whispered
his heart cooled in the
sudden ice of their bed
"dont get mad" she urged
she'd been only fourteen with
a married man then
her mother taking charge and
from a long way off something about
a clinic
but what got him, sucked the love from him
was the tears
that claim of continuing loss
she'd even given him a name
no guilt
he ...
Sunday 9th August 2020 12:00 pm
Recent Comments
blackrose on The Observations of The Strath and Formant
47 minutes ago
Jon on New Life
1 hour ago
blackrose on Make Me Sweat
1 hour ago
Landi Cruz on Esoteric
2 hours ago
Tom Doolan on Make Me Sweat
2 hours ago
Landi Cruz on Hold the Front Page
2 hours ago
Graham Sherwood on Hold the Front Page
2 hours ago
Telboy on Hold the Front Page
3 hours ago
M.C. Newberry on Ballot Box
4 hours ago
M.C. Newberry on A cloudy day in early May in old England
4 hours ago