Devil was your angel, but it’s not no more The devil was your angel, when you weren’t sure Do I tempt trouble to break through all these doors? Just to put a face to the voice which always calls To fight for what is precious, to know what’s under the floor If I could treat itContinue reading “Revisiting/Ignition”
Author Archives: Mabel Lee
To the Locust of the Swarming Variety
This is a combination of two epistolary prompts: Margo Roby’s Tuesday Tryouts suggested that we consider one of several self-portrait images as part of the process of addressing a letter to someone, and We Write Poems’ Prompt #81 is also based on the same idea, writing a letter to an important historical figure. Salvador Dali’s self-portraitContinue reading “To the Locust of the Swarming Variety”
Departure
Living alone takes getting used to again. Time suddenly seems to be found and doubled, as well as silence. The constant pulsing of your own thoughts is the background noise, and you reach out and grasp at familiar voices, your attentive ear calls in these sounds, your eyes recreate familiar spaces. You wish to beContinue reading “Departure”
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