A Poem by Amy Barry

Candy Colours

   

Sunset paints the room
pink, red, yellow and gold.

 

A pleasant numbness

settles in my bones.

It dances

inside my head.

You bring the same

dedication

to your seduction

as you do to your music.

Eyes shut,

I smell the leather

of your coat,

the cigarettes on your lips.

Almost fearful,

I kiss you

Risking my life

with that kiss.

Like a fool.

Like an animal-

Desperately in love.

Shaken

by a current

of wild happiness

that is dangerous,

but strangely-

Pure.

 

 

 

Amy Barry writes poems and short stories. She has worked in the media, hotel and Oil& Gas industries. Her poems have been published in anthologies, journals, and e-zines, in Ireland and abroad. Her poems have been read and shared over the radio in Australia, Canada and Ireland. Trips to India, Nepal, China, Bali, Paris, Berlin and Tramore-have all inspired her work. When not inspired to write, she plays Table Tennis.