Day Release
In that pink, germless room which smelt of nothing
we sat in silence,
staring at the real world framed behind glass
and wondering what had brought us here.
A nurse came in to find out what you wanted for tea,
then silence again.
You gave deliberated yes/no answers
to my irrelevant questions,
and would ask them back
with a look of duty-bound frustration.
Do you want to play cards, you said, uninterested,
or something? trailing off, despairing.
Then, behind the glass, you noticed
the sunset,
and I saw that spark again.
Your words were ordinary,
but your voice
contained the fire of the sky
and a thirsty desire to leave.
Come away with me
to enter that picture
and we’ll be the priors,
leaning against a mossy wall,
picking our teeth,
and breaking vows of silence we made
when we weren’t thinking.
And there’ll be silence in your head
I promise you.
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