Snowlight
A window glowing with snowlight
and we’re running.
Take care not to make me your caretaker.
I’m just that tube you suddenly
share a tunnel with before we charge
into our own darknesses
or are whisked into them. Stop the whistle,
the screech, I’m trying to
whisper you something, something
you already suspect: in this tender
give and take, nothing much changes,
save the snow, which turns
the way drunkenness does
into hangover.
Joseph Rodgers is a writer of poetry, prose and non-fiction from North London, with a Master’s degree in Modern & Contemporary Literature. His writing has featured in such places as Beyond Words Literary Magazine, The Mark Literary Review, Empty Mirror and UK Film Review.