purple for letting go

my best friend died last january

cancer

she was young

the cemetery is across the park

7 months

10 days and 20 mins on foot

to carry the mind

and a candle

in her most favoured colour

Katarzyna is a psychologist with an interest in psychoanalysis and writing. Her poetry makes frequent use of short form and has appeared, among others, in Vita Brevis Press, Inklette and Rue Scribe. She lives and works in London.