written for the Bermuda tissue paper kites
 

my new paper skin hums in the wind
soaks and tears in the rain
save your tears for the rain

my skeleton cross boned wooden
hanging from a tree
noose tethered flying from the tree

look what the climate
of the current does to me
ragged skin bleaching in the sun

see

like histories our futures come undone
not the same as they were or will again become
not the same memories or prophesies for everyone

my new paper skin hums in the wind
soaks and tears in the rain
save your tears for the rain
 
Alan C Smith is a Bermudian writer. He has been published in POUI, In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself, Caribbean Writer, the award winning Under the Moon and Over the Sea: A Collection of Caribbean Poems, Poems United: A Commonwealth Anthology and Bermuda Anthology of Poetry, This Poem-Worthy Place: Bermuda Anthology of Poetry Volume II, I wish I could tell you: Bermuda Anthology of Children’s Literature and Young Adult Stories, Bermudian Magazine, Chroma, Wildriver Review, COCK NO.7, writers in the crowd, tongues of the ocean and other publications. His chapbook, 30 Days w/o was published by the A3 Press in 2019.