The Mind At Rest
Believe what you want to believe
but don't just make it up. There are
enough stories in the world, what
we need now is time for narrative
wounds to heal and poetry to re-
assert itself. When language has
recuperated, the mind is rested,
close friends have said goodbye,
you will find a way to produce
your own scriptures. Young men
will see visions and watch them
turn into dreams then forget them
altogether. Because you believe
something does not make it true.
Rupert M Loydell is a writer, editor and abstract artist. His many books of poetry include Dear Mary (Shearsman, 2017) and The Return of the Man Who Has Everything (Shearsman 2015); and he has edited anthologies such as Yesterday’s Music Today (co-edited with Mike Ferguson, Knives Forks and Spoons Press 2014), and Troubles Swapped for Something Fresh: manifestos and unmanifestos (Salt, 2010)
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