
Oak in an acorn
multiplications of leaves –
a world from a book
Copyright Francis 2022
The blank page
has the coldest stare,
no words can describe
this darkness inside,
yearning for amnesia.
Happiness, the distant land
where other people live;
I’m no denizen there,
my passport withdrawn
when you rejected me —
subjecting me —
to the pain of my self
Copyright Francis Barker 2020