The Call
My mind resists
the heart’s need to travel
from its solitary throne
of bone and skin.
I also know this:
his voice is a castle,
so I pick up the phone
and walk in.
Michaela Ridgway lives in Brighton. Her magazine credits include Magma, Other Poetry, Orbis, The Frogmore Papers, Purple Patch, The Ghazal Page, Obsessed with Pipework & Moodswing. She hosts the monthly Pighog Press poetry night at the Redroaster