Unless

Unless you say
How can I know

Unless you wish
How can I dream

Unless you stop weeping
How can my own heart heal

Thank you for reading
Richard

Richard M. Ankers
Author of the brand new steampunk extravaganza Britannia Unleashed.

Bamboo Hearts

This bamboo heart, strong but hollow

Lost to remote places, devoured

Gorged upon by strangers

As lost to this metal jungle

Though willingly, as I am not

Its thudding repetition deafens

Until the silence stops