What to hold? What to free?
unusual questions this routine Wednesday
I want to hold I want to hold
warm dryness quiet rocks
I want to hold air I want to hold it all
through cold breath and desire it now
I want shades of pink I want flowing scarves
when grey abounds when breezes billow
I want words to flow I want the last bite
when prompted to be as good as the first
I want the first sip the alcoholic swallow
to quench my thirst that’s never quenchable
The glass shapes The glamorous sensation
the day’s hour the sophisticated moment
An addictive thirst An unhealthy thirst
a troubling thirst a sickening thirst
A diseased thirst unable to terminate
May the craving cease May the vessel fill
to hold the thirst
Laura Daniels (she/her) is a multi-genre writer and founder of the Facebook blog The Fringe 999. Curated in NJ Bards Anthology, Silver Birch Press, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. She resides with her partner in Mt Arlington, NJ, where she crafts colourful musings. Follow her at: https://lauradanielswriter.wordpress.com