We need to talk. by. Fotoula Reynolds

We need to talk

Instinctively, I say no

Flashes of fear

Strike me like lightning

I’ve been there before

Lured in to your sticky web

Trapped inside a one-sided

Intricate mind of deceit

My intuition signals me

I feel it in my dead eye

Pulling me fiercely

In the opposite direction of you

Narcissistic traits

I now recognize

So, needless to say

We did not have the talk

Fotoula Reynolds is an author of poetry. She lives in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria, Australia with her family. Living in the hills lends itself to the topics of nature where she draws inspiration from the surrounding spaces. She began writing poetry in 2016 and has published her first book of poems titled: The sanctuary of my garden (2018).
Her work has been published in Australian anthologies and internationally in e-zines/journals/reviews.