Marooned [Closed Doors]

by Paul Tristram / May 12th, 2024

I am ‘Whole’ not ‘Broken’
… I do not play
with food,
I swallow it down
… or I spit it out.

I am sanding out
… ‘Notches’…
during this
coming year.
Never circling
… back to view
the [Emotional]
flotsam and jetsam
of those people
I’ve previously
‘Marooned’
out of my
[Vibrant] Energy
… is almost
a Superpower!
I do not Forgive,
nor Forget
… I ‘Move The Fuck On’.

Knocking
upon a Door
which I’ve
already Closed
upon you
… would ONLY
make me Respect
you that much less…
if you ACTUALLY
[Still] Mattered or Existed.

* 3 uneven parries, without attack… now, shoo!

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 12th, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.