they want to take us
take us
squirming
……………….call
time here
………halfway
where the water
………………..never ends
nor erring now eyes
on careful
………………..steps
i’m absent
in my loneliness
will be a short year
riding fast
through all the slick abuse
after all
we came to this
in daylight
……………………………………stepping
in our own air
………………….breathing
From my book, skins, published by Hesterglock Press. All the profits from this book go to CalAid, an organisation working with the refugees in Calais. https://hesterglockpress.wordpress.com/reuben-woolley-skins/