ANDREW SENIOR

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POETRY

Image by Christopher Osten

In Waiting

Billowing without, 
on border lands eclipsed, 
eyes taking hold, 
diving at the blazing flame: 
gold sigh, warm heart, 
his flesh-held bones 
strong to break the fall, 
waiting to catch she
in room 

on concrete rigid sat, 
beneath a filament 
fizzling 
to the power of one, 
strained bone posture, 
eyes running backwards.

Waiting, always, to be let in,
waiting to carry her  
      – love blind –
from filament to fire.

Andrew Senior is a writer of short fiction and poetry based in Sheffield, UK. His work has recently appeared, or is forthcoming, in Isele Magazine, Postbox Magazine, Vaine, Litro and The Honest Ulsterman. Visit andrewseniorwriting.weebly.com

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