New Poetry by Edward Lee

Your Future Argued As Your Present Ends 

Seeing you everyday

I never noticed

the deep, dark caves

forming beneath your eyes.

It was only

as the nurse

gave us privacy

in the room, her head

nodding as her eyes met our own

before lowering to the ground,

that I saw the end

that was coming for you,

saw those caves

like collapsed structures

beneath your eyes,

the end that finally arrived

in your sleep an impossible

amount of days later,

your long-broken family,

hastily reassembled by your impending end,

outside, once again arguing

over your future,

each voice whispering

but still demanding to be heard.

- © Edward Lee 2022

Edward Lee's poetry, short stories, non-fiction and photography have been published in magazines in Ireland, England and America, including The Stinging Fly, Skylight 47, Acumen, The Blue Nib and Poetry Wales.  His play ‘Wall’ received a rehearsed reading as part of Druid Theatre’s Druid Debuts 2020. He also makes musical noise under the names Ayahuasca Collective, Orson Carroll, Lego Figures Fighting, and Pale Blond Boy. His blog/website can be found at https://edwardmlee.wordpress.com