David Harrison Horton - A Song of Hide and Seek: Work

Content Warning: suicide

David Harrison Horton - A Song of Hide and Seek: Work

David Harrison Horton - A Song of Hide and Seek

The sea is not poetic,

nor is the world everything

which

is the case.

The children count fingers

to contemplate their arsenal,

as the tourists walk down

quaint cobbled streets.

The finch does not know

the end of its hunger.

The stationary store doesn’t stock

good paper,

but has just the pen

for a suicide note.

David Harrison Horton - A Song of Hide and Seek: Work

David Harrison Horton is a Beijing-based writer, artist, editor and curator. His poetry has recently appeared in Punk Noir, Noctua, Hive Avenue, and Otoliths, among others.

David Harrison Horton - A Song of Hide and Seek: Work

Photograph: Calm by Arun Kapur

Enigmatic. Charismatic. Passionate. Lover of life and all truth that binds us together. Arun Kapur is a mental health advocate that uses the medium of the arts to raise awareness of stigmas and well-being. Through poetry and film, he aims to amplify untold stories of unheard voices.

David Harrison Horton - A Song of Hide and Seek: Work