Acoustic Odyssey by Henry Bladon

Bubbles of sounds

in red orange and blue

sparkling their way

through the night sky,

drifting like

estranged thoughts

or a rudderless armada,

gently bruising

the underside of the air

and eventually

bursting over my skin

in a symphonic shimmer.

Henry is a writer, poet and mental health essayist based in Somerset in the UK. He has a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Birmingham. He is the author of several poetry collections and his work can be seen in Poetic Bond, Pure Slush, and Lunate, among other places.