An Unkempt Garden

Swan Street, Richmond, Melbourne – 28/09/2019

bedsheets askew
if not wrapped
around
body a cage
mind the gaoler

a  wish
to have remained
in that city
in your arms
unfulfilled

back but
not yet returned
ghost of sorts
caught
here for now

morphed
and warped beyond
familiar scenes
play themselves out
an actor absent

awake or not
why
couldn't he
just stay, say
ich liebe dich

This piece was written sometime around November 2018. Lot’s Wife accepted the piece for their print edition – Issue 1, 2019.