I have to declare It wouldn't be fair To share My despair As my tears Well up And roll down Onto my long And now bedraggled Flowing hair Like knotted Ringlets of rivers My heart, and soul Could explode And implode All at once And all that would remain Would be A small mushroom cloud Leaking Tears And Doubt
The Muse in on Hiatus so I’m left to scrabble amongst discarded words and phrases to see if there could be an undiscovered simile that might unlock the cupboard door and give access to all the verse that’s hidden there ljm