in blackberry ink

ivory rosary beads, decolorized to

a banana-shade, twines within

slender fingers

a haemorrhage of tears obscure

plum-grey eyes pouring over

jarring hymn-like script

from a quill delved in blackberry ink.

notes of magnolia drift on stifling air

as the forlorn sinuous lines grow hazy

and by this, his last provocation

pulleys threadbare heartstrings.

whisper-choked words

- more a piston cylinder- impair

my cochlear.

downshifted dynamics

-to become cull in value!

as monochrome accessories

’round a charmers neck.

©️ Meg. April 23, 2018.