Author’s Note 3 – Phoebe & M.E (plus “In the Darkened Room”)

It’s rare for me to write author’s notes and rarer still for me to write introductions prior to adding a poem or a story to my site. The first time I added an introduction to a poem on my site was for the poem “Sleeping Beauty & M.E“, which is still my girlfriend Phoebe’s favourite poem … More Author’s Note 3 – Phoebe & M.E (plus “In the Darkened Room”)

Stripped

I shed my lies & alibis, you have no use for those. I scatter them by bedside atop my cast-off clothes. You tore down my defences, broke through each eldritch wall. I admire your attire then slowly strip it all. I open my heart to you, I get it off my chest. You listen so … More Stripped