A Week Ending

UK-born author of debut poetry collection, Moments of Thought, currently residing in Melbourne, Australia, Charlotte has had her poetry and essays published in The Wild Siren and Hazy Magazine.

A Week Ending 

Sunday morning as the day begins, Pulling back the blinds, 

And locating the house coat. 

Soft grins and covering chins 

With hands wrapped warm Around tenanted mugs of tea. A blue-eyed son orbiting 

In singular steps and 

Reflected in a sunburst glare. Solemn and subtly, 

A money for jam existence is 

A simple way to be. 

To be forever tickled pink 

With pencilled in shadows of 

Green and amber tints. 

Drums of starchy stock and 

Sturdy sourdough crusts, handy to 

Absorb this week's crumbs. 

Dreams of eloquence and lapping up 

Idiom after idiom with salty 

Fingers and a headache. 

Now, too torrid to keep the 

House coat on, stingingly slipping 

Off of Monday morning's shoulders.