Fade by James Lilley
Thoughts all cloudy
for it I am weak
habits don’t get no better
still smiling in the rain
Waiting on the sun
not minding the storm.
James Lilley, 34, father of three from Swansea, Wales. By day an Arcade Engineer, by night a bare knuckle boxer and poet. Having started submitting in lockdown has had work appear in multiple publications including Versification, Daily Drunk, Close to The Bone, Punk Noir Magazine, Skyway Journal, Splintered Disorder Press, and many others. Named Versifications Punk of The Year 2020 and has poetry collection The Blue Hour due for publication Nov 2021.