In The Twilight
written by: Robin McNamara
@thewindingroad1
You come here
Maddened by the sands
of time
Dried skin on bones
The flesh weeps for mercy
You come here
Saddened by the hands
Of time
Feet broken on stones
Tongue so thirsty
You come here
Alone and yet surrounded
By drowning fears
In this desert of you
Skeletal fingers probing
You come here
Like a broken bird grounded
From distance the jackal peers
With feeble hands I shoo
Away father time approaching
You came here
with the constant regrets
Of a forsaken life.
Robin McNamara
Robin McNamara is an Irish poet with over 90 poems published worldwide. A regular contributor to Poetry Ireland poetry prompts. UCD Library have a selection of his pandemic poems in their archives as a record of poems written during this period. Robin’s debut chapbook is to be published with Hedgehog Poetry Press in early 2021.
Latest posts by Robin McNamara (see all)
- La Douleur Exquise - February 19, 2021
- The Christmas Choir - December 13, 2020
- Halloween Fear - October 30, 2020