I wake to your breath.
Stale echo of laughter.
Mine was pretend.
I faked it to lure you
back to this bed.
Betrayal of daylight.
Jeans on the carpet.
Trying to find meaning
in clawing, frantic.
It’s over, you said.
Do you remember
that weekend in Paris?
Palais de Tokyo.
Fondue. No future.
I got drunk and cried.
You wanted ice cream.
I tasted like tarmac.
I tried to tread water
but drowned in the pity
which pooled in your eyes.
Delphine Seddon’s poetry has been previously published by Muse Pie Press, Fragmented Voices and Lampeter Writers Anthology and her debut novel, Darkening Song, will be published by Saturday Books/Macmillan in February 2026. She is a graduate of the Faber Academy and studied poetry at Goldsmiths. She lives in West Wales and works in the music business.
Insta: @delphineseddon
