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S. Reeson – Blunt Force Trauma
the same day a home is ripped apart
I travel to pay penance to this land
that exists perpetually in drama
an unceasing conflict built of entropy and sand
I stand and stare in awe at every crime scene
that nature can persist despite our war
the damage both have made and caused in conflict
that moment I can finally command
I am alone and you again have gone
to fuel the repetition this demands
a point that took a stratum to cement
this broken world has now becomes a song
I repeat each day rebuilding without fear
that space that once again has become home
the credence of a lifetime’s damage done
S. Reeson [she/they] is a 57 year old multi-disciplined artist and mental health advocate who lives by the seaside. They are bisexual. They have been published extensively in both physical print and online since winning a Poetry Society competition in 2018. In October 2022 they were shortlisted for inclusion as part of the South Bank Centre New Poets Collective. A debut poetry pamphlet entitled Flammable Solid was produced by Flight of the Dragonflies Press in November 2022. They were recently shortlisted for the Live Canon Pamphlet Competition. When not writing newsletters, taking photos or making video, they lift heavy weights.
Artwork and poem sequence by S. Reeson
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