Viral
I have made my report;
And each recipient, in a singular way,
Has become responsive to you,
Can listen for your breath,
Its slow distinctions and variants,
Or expect a look I know you by
To greet them at the crossing,
On the platform, at the door.
You’re circulating from synapse to synapse,
The reader using up their guesses
To flesh out a detail, to pinpoint you
As you were then, rendered in symbols
We understand separately;
Rebuilt on each self-sustaining word,
Two likenesses, vulnerable and open as we were,
Will occupy a room that is nothing like ours.
Daniel Williams is a 21 year old student of English Literature and Creative Writing from north Wales. His main subject areas include questions of modern life and culture, memory and the process of remembering and issues of identity. This is his blog.