Sting

by Paul Tristram / May 2nd, 2021

Put your pretty lips to this
… and tell me, honestly,
can you taste
the Downward Spiral?
Oh, I’m just throwing
a ‘Slant’
into your upright
Moral Compass
… and smashing a ‘Ding’
in the fairy-tale Armour
which surrounds your
plum-pudding rich Heart.
I was observing
when REJECTION
clouded your hopeful eyes
… before Backdrafting
and transforming
your once Eloquent Face
into ‘Scorn’ and ‘War’
… and I have come
to help you target practice,
until you find new Balance.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.