Agnieszka Filipek

Agnieszka Filipek lives in Galway, Ireland. She writes in both her native tongue which is Polish and in English. Recently her work appeared in Crannóg, The Blue Nib, Qutub Minar Review, ROPES Literary Journal, Three Line Poetry, Shamrock Haiku Journal and Windows Publications Authors and Artists Introduction Series Anthology. For more visit agnieszkafilipek.com

 

 

 

 

 

Midnight

once again

a piece of my flesh died

on a bed of moon dust

I made love to death

 

the ash remaining

on my lips forever

singing a lullaby

to hungry birds

 

and all I wanted

was to collect my tears

in the glass bottle

of your perfume

 

© 2018 Agnieszka Filipek