Cementing Relationships

CEMENTING RELATIONSHIPS

Seeking a concrete image

to convey

             a pre-stressed thought

I lay foundations

for a fettered space.

The blue-print fails

the structure

              falls

far short of my emotion.

Set in my ways,

unable to explore

               the breaking strain

my need will carry.

Construct a hermitage

of words;

              contain

a solitude

upon the pristine page.

                                 Malcolm Evison

TWICE REMOVED

and here is the simple text of the same poem, in case of difficulty reading the illustrated poem

TWICE REMOVED

Today the sky

is one removed

from second-hand

the space

of window-door

is boarded up

the new skylight

reveals

a mottled blue white

ceiling. And we

sealed off

held captive

to constructor’s

whim

Malcolm Evison

30 March 2016

RESTLESS

RESTLESS

shattered but even so

muscle mind and bloated

intestines resist

the urge to sleep

each yawn stifled

by fear

of what new ailment

will inhabit this aching

hulk of flesh skin and bones

should my defences fail

discomfort is all

both yielding and resisting

sup far too deeply

on a scarce reserve

of stamina

Malcolm Evison

00.35 18 March 2016