grip
holding
fingers locked
holding
harder tighter
holding
on
to
can't
mustn't
ever
let
go
slipping away
sliding against
friction burning
skinned stripped
raw flesh opening
however hard
cannot
stop
losing
losing
losing
lost
everything
I held
there's nothing left
ragged sinew
torn from bone
nothing left not even
despair
or vain hope
an empty vessel
with nothing left … to
try for … to
try with … to
try
no fight left
nothing but a door
forgotten unlatched
swinging unregarded
opening unasked
in gathering chill
into the guttering light
to a tentative
diffident
voice
waiting on the other side
perceiving a possible way in
where once
where always
before
was only resistance
5th September 2022 Fleassy Malay writing prompts September 2022 #1 A Tight Grip
