Aureole
written by: Ricky Hawthorne
@searsjames
One day
Mortality walked in and sat
Beside me.
We chatted.
It seemed to know me well.
Then after a while it left, but
Occasionally comes back to see
How I’m doing.
I never asked it to
And I never miss it
MAY 2019 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Short listed for the Bridport Poetry Prize 2015. Graduate of Warwick University. Triple honors in Literature, Theater and Film.
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