Unwellness In Railway View
Unwellness in Railway View
(An Addingham poem)
It was not just the flickering ember
that lit the way to one’s damp musty bed
nor sash cord window panes I remember
stamped with willow patterns of frosty shred,
but the vile grotesque shadows that followed
created on walls of chalk distemper
that drove along shivers standing hair on head.
Bereft of childhood in those haunting days
where tiny feet scurried yet feared to tread
on staid stone slabs that lay on earthen floor
caused an array of warped winter ailments
a Wharfedale river cough a throaty caw.
But apparitions they ne’er go away
serves up the moment every single day.
© Harry J Horsman 2021
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