Away From Her Manger

Coloured lights in the front room,
she sits wrapping gifts
for the mystical people
that live on the list
of love
and loss,
the lies and the broken
chains that fell,
away from her manger
bed.

Red light.
Yellow light.
Green light.
Blue light.
Green light.
Yellow light.
Blue light.
Red light.

Eats her turkey with ghosts now
and cards for those sent
to the mystical people
that died on the list
of love
and loss,
the Polaroid memories now
blue and grey,
away like her baby
bed.

© Mark Sheeky. Permission is required for reproduction.