Raw amnesia like mornings,
like pillows, your hair falling,
spilling into weeks.
Can you see the words
I leave for you? A trail
in light, likeness in the linseed,
vermilion in turpentine. I close
the windows. Watch my hands
pluck memory from carpet strands
I stand too close, I see too much
I ask to forget and then –
– morning again – clear
and wretched
and almost beyond thought.
© Nia Jane Griffiths 2024