Yellowing

By MistakenMagic
- 3517 reads
I dreamt about my uncle's death last night.
Not about my uncle. He was already dead when the dream started.
Can you remember something you have never seen?
Because I saw the room where he died,
where Mum and Gran found him a week after the hand
dropped from his lips.
The dream was yellow and the room was yellow.
In this ten year echo I could see the back of the high armchair,
and his hand. His hand with yellow smoke clinging
to his fingernails. It twisted at their once-white centres
like a nebula of egg yolk. The hand hung over
the chair arm. The fingers were stiff and twisted
like a wind-warped tree leaning over a cliff.
And the hand had a sixth finger:
a six-days-extinguished cigarette.
Its unholy ghost still hung in the air
like a shroud.
As I approached the chair I heard my grandpa's voice ring out:
"Thou'lt come no more, Never never never never never!"
And I stopped, my gaze caught on the yellowing parchment
of the wallpaper. I remembered all the letters my uncle never sent,
and all the letters the rest of us never thought to write.
- Log in to post comments
Comments
"I remembered all the
- Log in to post comments
Hi Magic, you are definitely
- Log in to post comments
Fine poem Magic- funny how
- Log in to post comments
My dear MM re your comment
- Log in to post comments
Magic, how do you keep doing
- Log in to post comments
"Thou'lt come no more, Never
- Log in to post comments
Can't believe you're in your
- Log in to post comments
Magic, You really are a
- Log in to post comments
This wonderful poem from a
This wonderful poem from a wonderful poet (who is much missed and must be at least a little bit famous by now) is our Facebook/Twitter pick of the day. Please like and share.
- Log in to post comments
A mature piece of expressive
A mature piece of expressive writing - a pleasure to read.
Pops ~xx~
- Log in to post comments
Where are you?
Ciao lovely poet, lovely lady, how goes life?
best regards
Lena xx
- Log in to post comments
What a lovely pick! Hope you
What a lovely pick! Hope you're well MM - come back and post more soon!
- Log in to post comments