It left
after
it looked
like
it wanted
to stay
Leaving
with lids
open
to its
deception.
© Hudson Biko
It left
after
it looked
like
it wanted
to stay
Leaving
with lids
open
to its
deception.
© Hudson Biko
Watching words resonate
As their weight
Inflates
The states
Of others
As covers
Begin to smother.
© Hudson Biko

Staring at lines
etched into
black
Like land mines
stretched in to
two
stacks
Holding
Everything that’s missing
As we watch
gaps
wrap
around
bounds
Of everything we still held onto
Because we’re too
busy holding onto
the two
Things
we watched go missing
© Hudson Biko
Photograph by Nicole Mason

Maybe our
scars only
heal enough
to stop
the bleeding
;
Maybe that’s
never enough.
© Hudson Biko
Photograph by Nikola Jelenkovic

Living in the absence of its recognition
Because it always leads
to the ignition
of emotions
we keep
trying
to let
go
-calling it, denial.
© Hudson Biko
Photograph by Willspirit Sbln