Purple

I’ll say I’ll change my life today

As vape flashes purple

Signals hope

Heralds calm mind

I’ll be the man I’ve always dreamed of being

The same dreams that have me

Taking to flight

Cutting water like shoal

I won’t feel sad anymore

Not for one instant

Nope

N a d a

Socks all pulled up

I stride into sunset

Crescent orange and flame

As vape flashes purple

Dewberry-tinged hope

Coloured cornea

Fall onto cobbled paths

As a crow skip skips along car bonnets

Watch autumn seep down

Breath-mottled windowpanes

As I say I’ll change my life tomorrow

The leaves are treacherous this time of year