Darkness
one night in
Manchester,
seventeen years ago –
guitars wailing like the wind,
i realised there
was no life
without you;
your photograph
in my wallet;
my heart
in your hands;
i slept hours
that night – satisfied
Alan Parry
Alan Parry is a poet, playwright and poetry editor from Merseyside, England. He is an English Literature graduate and English teacher. Alan enjoys gritty realism, open ends, miniature schnauzers and 60s girl groups. He has previously had work published by Dream Noir, Streetcake Magazine, Black Bough Poetry, Porridge and others. He cites Alan Bennett, Jack Kerouac and James Joyce as inspiration. Twitter: @AlanParry83 and @BrokenSpineArts Instagram: alphapapa83 Websites: www.alanparrywriter.com and www.thebrokenspine.co.uk
About this poem The poem Darkness is an intensely personal text. It offers readers a glimpse behind the curtain, into my relationship with my now wife.