c/w: implied suicidal ideation
Under
a glowering sky
the clouds lower
their eyes
to the reach of sea
crusting the shore.
Under
a glowing sky
Salt grains embalming
tears collide and swell
brimming against
eyelids drooping
in the hectoring
sun which beats
the rhythm of
the waves.
Under
a gloating sky
They sang –
What you take
From us, you must
Return
No song can
Endure, unrepeated.
Alex Jenkins (he/him) is a writer and civil servant who lives in London and works on an increasingly cluttered kitchen table. He studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia and is a failed academic but a successful father. You can find him on Twitter @alexjenkinspoet.