My mum sends all her texts as blocks
as if she’s speaking to you directly
as if she’s speaking to you directly it’s like I can hear her voice in the runoff sentence but she also leaves a trail of little worries like maybe maybe she’s not good enough to receive the small joy of punctuation or maybe the thoughts are so important she just has to get them out.
Sophia Papasouliotis (she/her) is a poet from Bristol, UK.