Forge Akashic [Triple-Enough]

by Paul Tristram / July 23rd, 2023

The Mountainous Trudge and Tread…
Ash Bridges and Crumbling Bonds
… ‘Retaliation’ is a bottleneck…
‘Life’ puts years on you
… whilst, ‘Living’ takes them away.
Once more, off the Rack… Unbroken
… out of the Fire… Tougher…
up from under the Boot Heel
of Experience… Wiser than Before.
I’ve Blackened enough Sabbath Days
and Earned my Notches and Scars…
to Keep you at ‘Arms-Length’
where you are Safe from the Furies.
‘Death’ is but a Single Book closing
… inside an entire Library of… You…
Write yourself well, my [Good] Friend.

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, July 23rd, 2023 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.