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Pale Membrane

 

Everything seeps in, everything leaks, in to this pale membrane.

The air from gestures, the pain and wicked eyes flicker.

The soft secretion of lingering sadness shelters like a veil.

Not haunted though, not lost to anything.

A door left open for a breeze to walk in.

 

Pale   membrane   Jamie   Barton   poetry   poem   sadness   veil   haunted   door   poetic

â—„ Polishing a Turd

Epiphany â–º

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