A reader sits at a set up stand
Card colours flaring to life.
Wanton in their disregard
Disruption in predictive strife.
Once, session at hand
Smoothing, caressing, imbuing,
No sense of how grand
A life changing reality unveiled.
Loved one’s betrayal
Child to come
Horrific pain in my future
Done to undone.
No, never a turn
Will I take to the cards
Reality, a slow steady burn
And ubiquitous marks.
Kerry Bridges