perhappened mag
issue 2: ROAD TRIP
lullaby/kołysanka
GRACE ALICE EVANS
(...kołysanka, kołysanka...)
aforetime, the sunset hues
warm upon the flesh.
two days – a void of barren gas station roses, falling into a liquor store delirium,
skeletal remains of a withered childhood.
burning coach fumes rousing a fire in the chest, cough syrup candyland
ephemera. angels of a stolen youth
spewing golden tears, their lullabies an echo of the past.
pharmaceutical safety
of a hospital bed is no more. an anaemic limbo of prayers for a
great escape – once more on the road to hometown safety.
warm upon the flesh.
two days – a void of barren gas station roses, falling into a liquor store delirium,
skeletal remains of a withered childhood.
burning coach fumes rousing a fire in the chest, cough syrup candyland
ephemera. angels of a stolen youth
spewing golden tears, their lullabies an echo of the past.
pharmaceutical safety
of a hospital bed is no more. an anaemic limbo of prayers for a
great escape – once more on the road to hometown safety.
(...senna kołysanka...)
Grace Alice Evans (she/they) is a LGBTQ+, mixed-heritage poet, writer, sound/visual artist and survivor, whose work explores living with mental illness, trauma, recovery, and the dichotomy between the inner and outer worlds. Grace’s social media handle is @gracealiceevans.