Hung Up in a Gibbet

Hung Up in a Gibbet

Locked—

Hanging in a gibbet—

suspended on outskirts

a daydreamer

existing between laughs, chatter heard,

sweat-stung blisters felt—

hurt—

dreams caged in gibbet—

of feet on earth

to meet the them below,

see eye to eye,

take into soul what makes cities stir—

Delirium 

engulfed gibbet—

diminishing—

unalert

parched, pleading to be freed—

tucked in the hung’s pocket 

the gibbet’s key—

rebirth.

Biography: Born and raised in Los Angeles, Michael Roque discovered his love for poetry and prose amid friends on the bleachers of Pasadena City College. Now he currently lives in the Middle East and is being inspired by the world around him. His poems have been published by literary magazines like North Dakota Quarterly, Cholla Needles, The Literary Hatchet and others. 

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-silhouette-of-a-person-sitting-on-a-hill-at-sunset-_8DsQJl_ErE) 19. 5. 2025.

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