The unmarked tomb

We push against the stone

I cannot stand the dark

We are not dead

I have plenty of life left in me

No one can hear us

But I know
I can save us

The doctor told me I have high blood pressure

I ask my son to cut off my hands

‘Why mum’

‘I can get us out of here’

I bite a stick

And he

Cuts off my hands

I quickly turn to the door

And point my wrists to the stone

The blood spurts out

Like a high pressure hose

Only my super power isn’t that powerful

I begin to fold down to the ground

That trick cost me my life force

I can feel my world folding in on me

‘Mum?’

Like a bee that chances it’s sting

As the mark of ultimate sacrifice
My hands are scattered on the floor
For the greater good of the group…

Who are still non the wiser because of the dark

If you are to put your hand in front of your eyes

you will be protecting your eyes instead of your hands

and is it not the case that your hands will be the guide for you

when you eyes are blinded by red hot pokers that might come their way

whereby if the red hot pokers are to poke the hands in the way

they will poke their way through the fingers of the hand

and singe the eye blind

the hand which guides the blind eyes is no longer an accurate hand

it is scabby bloody and sore and it leads into more hurt

next time you raise your hands to protect your face

think of these lines and therefore try best to decide
with decision
whether
to be flighty or fighty

magic at guildhall