“Move Away From The Last One”

~ Dialogue with ‘Freckles’ ~

by Paul Tristram / October 29th, 2023

“Acquiescence is a Strange Prison Cell”
she stated, thoughtfully.
“I can’t see you there?”
I replied, curious by the admission.
“I was Hunting… Baiting Traps…
getting ‘Him’ to lower Walls,
Boundaries, and Open-Up his Heart.”
“Oh, I see…”
“I grow Colder with each Victory
… Justice is Giddying in its Evenness.”
“You’re Participating, not Learning…”
“Not everyone can Adapt at your Speed
… I’ve witnessed you [Deliberately]
walk into a waiting Shooting Gallery…
to get Triggered and Heal Anger Issues
… and, although they smiled at first…
they were unaware of your Uplevelling.”

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’ published by Close To The Bone Publishing is available to purchase right here Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, October 29th, 2023 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.