September

A cold house, all business, trousers, formal shirts The setting summer sun draws in the cruel return to work I set up the sad lamp to replace some of the rays To repair the damage wrought by the shortening of our days A shot at lifting mood in a world that’s turning dark A mad-bloodContinue reading “September”

Online incarceration

At the start of my sentence in two thousand and sevenI misunderstood the gravity of the step that I was takingPropelled by a wanderlust; a desire to join the throngI dived into the waters though the current was far too strongFor a will as weak as mine to rebuff this new temptation. Eleven years on,Continue reading “Online incarceration”