Silk Road by John Drudge

In another place
Watching the rain
In the stony cold
With less light
Than pressure
Behind the eyes
And under the skin
Digging up bones
In a long dead world
Waiting 
For sustained relief
As pills 
And powders
Rot the ancient road

John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology.  He is the author of four books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), and Fragments (2021). His work has appeared widely in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.