Opening an Atticbox

By Simon Williams

Opening an atticbox
A whisper of your scent
Escapes and startles
In the pit of my stomach
Razor winged butterflies
Of grief take flight and
Carve up my insides again

Simon has been writing and performing poetry since being exposed to The Mersey Poets at an impressionable age. Now based in West Yorkshire he has been published in magazines. Ezines and in a couple of anthologies and performs at local poetry society and open mic nights. Micropoetry and random other things @kormeleon.