Summer Love by John Drudge

I had only
Just walked into
The middle
Of the drama unfolding
But bones broke
Beneath her feet
As she moved across
The room toward him
She looked
To gouge his eyes
Spit in the sockets
And sever his spinal marrow
With a spike
She was clearly
Deeply in love
And nights
Are sometimes singular
In the summer heat

John works as a clinical social worker and is the president of a national disability management company. He holds degrees in Social Work, Psychology, and Rehabilitation Services and has studied philosophy extensively.  He is an avid traveler and a long-term student of the martial arts holding a 3rd degree black-belt in Kempo Karate. His diverse educational and experiential background gives him a broad base from which to approach many topics in his poetry. John currently lives with his wife and two children in Caledon, Ontario, Canada.