Ceinwen E C Haydon
Losing Traction
Fatigued and slow,
we cross a muddy field
pressed by thick, arrowed tracks of tractor tyres.
A buzzard mewls its cries,
I look up
and see earth’s heavy-wheeled marks
echoed true in soft-curled darts
unfurled over early-evening’s mackerel skies.
I tug your hand,
point out
repeated patterns.
You shrug.
Beyond earshot, your silence whistles.
your mind curtains off
to avoid making connections.
Ceinwen E. Cariad Haydon has worked as a Probation Officer, a Mental HealthSocial Worker and Practice Educator. She lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and writes short stories and poetry. She has been published on web magazines and in print anthologies. These include Fiction on the Web, Literally Stories, Alliterati, Stepaway, Poets Speak (whilst they still can), Three Drops from the Cauldron, Obsessed with Pipework, Picaroon, Amaryllis, Algebra of Owls, Write to be Counted, The Lake and Riggwelter . She completed her MA in Creative Writing at Newcastle University in August 2107 and graduated in December 2017.