Jalina Mhyana, The Trauma Scope: Poems of Heartache & Optical Illusion

"I dreamed in night vision; whiteflowers of nocturnalgun fire – day residue shot to hell. If I held my dreamsto a windowsill,sun would sievethrough my screams."

Jalina Mhyana, The Trauma Scope: Poems of Heartache & Optical Illusion

"Veins of ivy scale stones,find footholds butthe caretaker cuts earth short, peels creepers from Cotswold rock and props the deadhead to head so they won’ttopple like drunkson their moss-soft shadows."

Jalina Mhyana, The Trauma Scope: Poems of Heartache & Optical Illusion