Writing – POW Suppers

Sep 11 2011 Published by under Poetry, Writing

Starting to get look through some of the written archives and thought I’d share this. It’s a poem inspired by an image I was on twitter. The image was of a sheet of paper written by a relative who was a prisoner of war, filled with thoughts of food he’d like to eat upon release.

The picture set me off with a very vivid and emotion that I wanted to capture. It’s not directly about the man who had filled his incarceration with thoughts of food, but hopefully I’ve got the image I wanted to across.

Bailey and I had been talking about doing something with this and working it into a soundscape track, but I’m not sure if or when that could happen.

POW Suppers

When I shall be free
I’ll inhale the seas
The fields
and the skies

This time grows stale
And this room weary
No longer I’ll dine alone

When I’m not needed here
I’ll shed no tears
Nor hold myself
To account

The air is faint
And my will heavy
No longer alone

Send for my love
time for flight
Protect all
My hold is dear
I shall not.
Give unto fear


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