Remember to Look at The Stars

Today,
we
lost
a beacon of genius
in an era where
blinding ignorance
is celebrated.

Now,
my tawdry brain is left
with nothing but gratitude,
for you schooling me on
the deceptive simplicity of us
just having lived on earth,
through all it’s
beautiful impossibility –
before the dark
finally
swallows
light.

Gwil James Thomas lives in the historically infamous city of Bristol, England. His debut poetry collection Gwil Vs Machine was published by Paper & Ink. His prose was recently featured in the Hand Job Zine anthology hi-vispress.com. He was also once a member of the short lived Spanish/British band Irreparables recordsnominal.com. He is currently trimming the fat on his second novel and putting together his second short story collection.