Atmosphere by Byron Beynon

The sound of doors

shutting inside

anonymous rooms

during the quiet

hours when there is still

light rusting

in a remote sky;

the atmosphere clears

like a table

after a meal,

the long distance of yesterday

creeps in

faded like a memory

caught in a yellow beam,

untouchable like a silent

photograph developed

in the mind,

retention breathing

inside a native ground

patient as discovery.

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Byron Beynon lives in Swansea, Wales. His work has appeared in several publications including The London Magazine, Chiron Review, Plainsongs, Poetry Wales, Cyphers and the human rights anthology In Protest (University of London and Keats House Poets). Collections include Cuffs (Rack Press) and The Echoing Coastline (Agenda Editions).