Child of Light – a poem by Rupert M Loydell

Child of Light

the flesh
the blood

the bread
the mouth

the want
the why

the what
the need

the dream
the light

the silence
the song

the hope
the doubt

the guilt
the hurt

the fallout
the damaged

language
of belief


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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