sonja benskin mesher

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

.birds.

you like birds?
as do i
neither of us employed
& i am vaguely idle

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

.little things.

now i beg forgiveness
we are little things
that dance in the mornings
james

in the light from the phone

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

.flying.

i too fly solo
&
enjoy the flight

when the day clears
i look up at the others

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

.two.

google when back at home, read about
people, and know we may after all
be twins.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

.white dress.

white dress.

lift the cotton, look again.

cover the place with whiteness.

pink is pretty, white is clean.

they do not want to see it
today, a reminder of fragility.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

.the word.

the word came involuntarily,
others were stuck, yet i knew
them to be beautiful, and
so they are.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

..kingussie..

to go

despite not going solo

despite all the reasons that you

spoke of

to plan an escape by bus for aviemore perhaps

by rail for inverness

the memory of you