My children are too small 

To know 

They will die.

Look at the fire 

Tracing our every step,

It is the future 

Following us home.

It is a warning

We all shall die.

But my children will be first,

I will make it so.

Tim Frank’s debut chapbook is, An Advert Can Be Beautiful in the Right Shade of Death (C22 Press ’24) and his second chapbook of poetry is, Delusions To Live By (Alien Buddha Press, ’25)

Twitter: @TimFrankquill