![]() UntitledA Poem by Wilyem Clark
There's no redemption for this bed:
The sheets are thin, the blood soaks through, For here I chafe and here I bleed, Where dust mites congregate and breed. I am their succor. And yet I spin And gurge in dreams, And pick apart reality's seams, Restitch the robes I wear by day, With parti-color plats deceive The jaded eyes that peer at me. This bed can never be redeemed, Nor shall I be the lord I dreamed. © 2023 Wilyem Clark |
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1 Review Added on September 29, 2023 Last Updated on September 29, 2023 Author![]() Wilyem ClarkWashington, DCAboutI've been writing poems since my teens (now in my 60s) and prose since the 1990s. It's been hard finding decent forums online--the free websites too often suffer sudden deaths. My "published" works ar.. more..Writing
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