CONFESSION
by Dilys Wyndham Thomas
then I tried to forgive
you said the years were burning
low and I needed to kneel
before the inevitable
like the women before me
I crossed out my wax-sealed heart
practised prayers of contrition
and reconciliation
lit fifty-pence candles to
blank-faced saints, their gazes
averted from whitewashed ceilings
spotlit in giftshop neon
the words lie
still on my tongue
About the Author
Dilys Wyndham Thomas (she/her) is a Belgian and British writer based in Amsterdam. She has lived in Saudi Arabia, Belgium, France, Germany, Jordan, the UK and the Netherlands. Dilys is an assistant poetry editor at Passengers Journal. She also organises a poetry feedback group and online events for Strange Birds Migratory Writing Collective. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Wild Roof Journal, Rust + Moth, Beyond Words and Willows Wept Review.