Love
Love speaks in a manna-song,
one that God might try on
prophets. Don’t guess and tell,
it says. You stumble down and
through the gaping cave, giddy
with self-consciousness and
breathless ephemera. Don’t
ask, says Love. Don’t assume.
So you take nothing from the dark
when you flee, except your voice.
Emily Oldham is a 19 year-old poet from Wolverhampton. She is currently studying English at the University of Oxford. Her work has previously appeared in several literary magazines including Bare Fiction and Myths of the Near Future.