Issue 6
ZAYANI BHATT – YORKSHIRE
meet me at st pancras
meet me at st prancras she said;
hair whipping as she turns just as he running, stops.
bag thuds down, she leaps
.
.
.
eyelids shut
lives, stories and colours ram into one spectacular collision
as the world around them blurs.
meet me at st pancras she said
his eyes drink her in their lips, so soft, cling for those precious few minutes.
Stolen.
Lovers hiding from the world,
begging for that safe haven –
of her.
meet me at st pancras she said
a few more minutes he pleads
her curls shake as he turns away.
Again
pauses, her heart splintering on the cold stone floor.
“I can’t…………………….”
meet me at st pancras she said
the words join their ancestors
the only constant for these Entwined hearts
that beat, drums in unison
as their fingers stretch out for
one
last
touch.
The train’s whistle blows.
Tears fall like rain.
Anger at her parents stabs her soul
as she whispers
meet me at st pancras.