Scribbled Thoughts

Age a year

and decide if you’ve

improved

in attitude

and ambition.

Are you happy

sat beside the one

now at your side?

Pay respect

to earn my reward,

the heat drops

seven more

and you can

almost remember

how to breathe.

Comfort in closeness

denied

due to overwhelming heat,

find a moment

early and quiet

to sneak in a gap

of cuddles

and reassurance.

Give me

the moisture

and relief

of washing away

my own water.

Open the sky

and end

the oppression.

Fight

to prevent

from melting,

denying light

access

and hoarding

cool air,

all for nothing

when another

opens the door.

An unseen connection

made visible

whether you’re ready

to admit it

or not,

will you deny

or embrace it,

opening yourself

to another

in a final

and unquestionable

chance.

Mask through cloth

to protect

a version of yourself

no one else can know.

Can you see through

the fabric?

Or have you forgotten

the colour

of the sky?

Two hours

to reach home,

all obstacles

surfacing

to try break

your journey.

Would it be better

to never leave?

A thought

too lonely

to consider

seriously.

Trickle through a moment

of the extraordinary

with a mind

unique

and beautiful.

Even that small glimpse

will let you reach out

and feel the rush

of connection.

Wake with

growing aches,

a pressure of heat

that will gain

no relief.

How will you cope?

How will you

be judged?