Walk in the garden
the lonely rose
defies the seasons
tenacious survival at the end of a naked branch of spines.
Post COVID recovery
pain is gone
but aches remain
persistent symptoms lazily lurking in the lethargy of the spine.
New year prison cell
awaiting confirmation
symptoms of positivity
mind body and souls fall victim to the infections of negativity.
Year ending sunlight
reminds us of life
tenacious survival
defying loneliness of passing seasons surviving infectious winter.
Ciaran Burke
