burdock
the gnawing pain
increases its intensity
in elbows, wrists and knees,
adheres to despondency
like burdock
to coarse clothing
and I, the bystander,
can only stare
into a void of despair
observe
my own decay -
words fail to proffer hope
they only weave
a crude blanket
around an emptiness
which only faith
can fill
Malcolm Evison
13
October 2016
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