Tim Gardiner

Nephilim

Eyelids flick. Red, yellow, blue light streaks past. Speech is impossible. Time has no effect here. This journey is one way. No bed lift needed at my destination. People walk into the sterile room, talking. I can’t make out many words. One looks familiar. Prostrate on the mattress, I blink once more.

black hole
this time
a teardrop

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About the Author

Dr. Tim Gardiner is an ecologist, editor, poet, and children’s author from Manningtree in Essex, UK. He has been widely published in journals and anthologies. He is a former co-editor of the tanka prose section of Haibun Today.