Poem: Anything Else

Shannon LawsDecember 9, 2015Madrona GroveA pain oozes out of me weeps down the bark of me, Anything Else, charcoal thread, Death, death of a loved one, dribbles into a bucket deeper than my lifetime will hold, lament the dead, Mayor's Arts Award, mourning, poetry, remember, Remember the fallen that rest in the corner of the eye, Shannon P Laws

deathof socrates alcestis — The Death of Socrates 1787 Oil on canvas, 98 x 133 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Anything Else

-Shannon P. Laws

It flakes off my shoulder when I bend down

Black trails my movement

Dark spots in the corner of my eye

let me know it’s still there

A reminder of the charcoal thread

that ties me to my past

whisps of whispers from

that one night long ago

The hurt bleeds out

over the decades

dribbles into a bucket

deeper than my lifetime will hold

A pain oozes out of me

weeps down the bark of me

black like sap

Published by Shannon Laws

Shannon Laws is an award-winning poet, performer, and advocate for the arts. She has been recognized with two Mayor’s Arts Awards and the Dr. Asha Bhargava Memorial Award — Community Champion. Shannon is the author of five poetry books and publishes Corridor, a free monthly poetry zine. She lives in Bellingham, Washington. View more posts