Cast adrift
a precision blade
sweeps through
her pillars of support
silent acquiescence
a laying down
layer after layer
floating on denial
a buffer of pretence
a precision blade
sweeps through
her pillars of support
silent acquiescence
a laying down
layer after layer
floating on denial
a buffer of pretence
© copyright Alison Hackett (first posted online 8 March 2017, International Womens Day)