I don't, I mean, I see, wait I have it, somewhere, I think, maybe, possibly They won't understand, probability replacing likelihood I don't want to be seen, they can't get what it means, to be this, the road, the slip of day into night what it means to survive in dusk I have, please, I … Continue reading Facebook Short Poetry Series #13
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Letter #27: To The Man Whose Life I Couldn’t Save
To the Man Whose Life I Couldn't Save, You were my first cardiac call. I was new, fresh out of 4 months of EMT training, and you were my first cardiac call. Until you, it was a few broken bones, some colds, and a lot of elderly patients. But you were young or at least … Continue reading Letter #27: To The Man Whose Life I Couldn’t Save
Facebook Short Poetry Series #6
Textbook versions of the feel good moments drift like drugs through our systems, it gets better, despite the world being on fire we smile while letting it burn, ignoring the licks, of flames that burn less than the hope we were told. Did you see the fighter slip away? Passed in the night when we … Continue reading Facebook Short Poetry Series #6
Facebook Short Poetry Series #3
What do you need right now? tomorrow? A generation stuck with I, we forget what it means to need. Need a phone, a laptop, shoes, clothes, car. What do you need? In the form of friends, lovers, mentors, family. Do you trust it? Do you trust the difference between the need, and the want? understand … Continue reading Facebook Short Poetry Series #3
Faith Taryn Davies 