“Loss and Urgency” by Roy Duffield
as our days grow
ever shorter
as our time passes
ever faster
as we sat
on the rocks
as the last of the dark sank into the ocean
as we watched
our goodbyes
capsize
on the horizon
I wondered
why
and what it will be like
as our days grow
ever longer
Roy Duffield‘s travels have taken him through 15 African countries and counting. His writing has recently appeared (or soon will do) in The Trouvaille Review, Night Bus to Speakers’ Corner, PoENtry Slam, Flashes of Brilliance, Half-baked, Anti-Heroin Chic, Pure Slush, Strukturriss and a currently untitled anthology for Marie Curie nurses during coronavirus.