Lightbulb Moment
only now is it apparent how
dishonouring a body is a crime
why did this not imprint
light up in me before
that when in films lynching
desecration has a price
gives value to oppression
wilfully unseeing the reality
past the being passed a task
that the wicked will embrace
we worship time and place
empathy requires more
before there was a darkness
now I am a filament of truth
S Reeson is a multi-disciplined artist who has been published by The Poetry Society, Bloomsbury/OneWorld and many others. In 2025, they are part of an ekphrastic installation at Space Studios in Ilford. A second pamphlet, Forest Management, will also be released.