I asked,
a lifetime ago,
for electricity to be flooded
through my brain,
to erase the oil-black dullness
that whispered sluggishly
of blood and wounded skin.
But I was refused,
for reasons I can no longer recall,
and now the dullness
has spread,
and the whispers
have become bone-breaking shouts,
and I stare at the sky
praying for a storm
full of light and roar.
Edward Lee's poetry, short stories, non-fiction and photography have been published in magazines in Ireland, England and America, including The Stinging Fly, Skylight 47, Acumen, The Blue Nib and Poetry Wales.