Poem -

Torch

A torch in the dark
Signals me like a lighthouse.
But from the shore
I'm not ever far enough.
Not out of reach of danger.

Your heart can be that torch 
I stay away from ----
Or comfort I find 
In a television rerun.
The torch flickers, flame lively.

Soon as the fog rolls in 
It's right as rain again.
Perhaps to crash 
On your coast won't hurt so
Badly?

Perhaps it's Gallipoli?
Will the knowledge of death 
Put life back into me?
Again, your heart is a torch.
I'm a ship, not knowing 

Where to go,
Just that I don't stear blindly.
And I ought to have the wherewithal 
To sail past your torch,
Or at least the courage to crash 

Into the shoreline headfirst.
But instead I idle,
Not making up my mind
As to what my heart decides.
So I stay a frozen ship 

To your torch in the night.
 

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SkyCloud

Great visuals and formatting, enjoyable and relatable read. I have been here before, feeling “stuck” frozen in time. 

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Rory McGinlay

Thanks there, Cloud.

As for the formate I mostly write them that way in a notebook, mostly. It's not so much formatting as it is tight sentences. Cheers 

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Rory McGinlay

....might show me one black feathered wing
Sticking up from the sand

Something for Kate

Thanks B 😃

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