‘This’ by Delphine Seddon This is what it feels likeon the worst daysall those black daysoil slicks on the brainresidue of my regret is clogging up the veinsslumping throughsomething likea heartbeatsay bad things to the good peopleonly fuck the bad peopledoubling over at the sight ofblue jeans ripped at the kneesleather jackets studs in nosesas I’m transparent now soweightless cold driftingcan’t feel the breeze the colour of petalscan’t remember the taste of her hands as Icount each nail with my tonguescared to sleepscared to wakescared of notfeeling thistie me to the bedtie me to anything Meet the Poet Delphine Seddon is a Faber Academy graduate and studied poetry at Goldsmiths, London. She has been short/long-listed in the WHSmith Young Writers Competition and Henshaw Press Short Story Competitions, and published by Muse Pie Press. She works in the music business. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Published by fragmentedvoices A small, independent press based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and Prague, the Czech Republic View all posts by fragmentedvoices