Swallow
When someone I loved became tragically trapped in a post-stroke body after a catastrophic bleed on the brain.
your voice
retreating
into
brainbleedbrambled
halfbody
thickened fluids sticky
food pulped
pumped silence
flight denied.
©2020 JaneAyres
Jane Ayres
Jane Ayres rediscovered poetry late in life whilst studying for a Creative Writing MA in Kent at the age of 57. It's been a revelation!
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