your peaceful face
in the back of the car
driving home from an airport
we collected you
your peaceful voice
temporarily changed
to quiet measures
conflictless girl
easily holding
birth wisdom
wanted always you to be this
what lay beneath
wanted all your life
be this
candle in the head
breath on soft flame
lights change
we turn into a road
becoming a river
Header photograph © Lesley-Anne Evans.
Mark Mayes has published poems and stories in various places, as well as a novel.
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