Solitudinal
I want to be alone / floating free / from the universal / away from the glare / of the
sun / and spotlight
claustrophobic / watched by millions of eyes / in space everyone / can hear me
scream / all those tuned to the screen / and everyone listening in
there’s 26 people in my headset / checking to hear me breathe
I want to step outside / become one with the dust / my muscles atrophy / blood
drains from veins / my heart caves in / you take my breath away
400 kilometres between us / the distance from Houston to Dallas / a vast void
of silence / I still hear your voice in my head
I’ve trained 16 years for this / for every small step and giant leap / without you / just
a heap of carbon / lost in a vacuum of hydrogen and helium / please forget me /
when I’m gone
Lines on having lost a friend, not once, but twice
JP Seabright is a queer writer living in London, who has had poetry published in three anthologies, short stories published online and in print, and various pieces shortlisted, longlisted and highly commended. They are Assistant Editor for Full House Lit Mag, and can be found hanging out on Twitter @errormessage