Crabs

A poem from 2017

Dancing around each other

Hardened by life’s injustices

The pains of the past and the present

Terrified

Oh my soft centre

Can I let my guard down?

Can I let you break through?

This could hurt so much

Kick a man when he is down

That is what you do

And he never gets up again

He just lies there

And is it any wonder we’re alone?

Impossible

We stagger sideways

We are infected and rejected