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NUI Galway Student Newspaper

Creative Corner – To Smile Effortlessly

March 16, 2020 By SIN Staff

By Alanna Phelan 

 

Sandpaper throat, sobbing without tears,  

 

Hesitant, staring blank as the ceiling  

 

Searching for familiar nightmares  

 

While the volts surge through stagnant air  

 

Leaving the frame reeling  

 

God, what is this feeling! 

 

  

 

Buckles on boots jingle as feet swing feet  

 

Above the pavement, kicking crispness  

 

Into the morning air, bouncing to a beat  

 

Silent to all others, harmonising body and street  

 

The red petals, and blue blooms of bruises  

 

Unravel in this golden-brown promise of healing 

 

  

 

The rotting old roots wither and decay,  

 

From their husk, the body electric revived!  

 

Daughter of Daphne seizes the day  

 

The brutes of night now her prey   

 

Her cheeks ache, still learning how to rise  

 

Without command, a smile revealing. 

SIN Staff
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