Form

Image credit: Annie Rew Shaw

The sun melts me down into

a mouldable form

I feel flexible – ready for warm hands

to move me

in any direction

This malleability is the strongest state;

I cannot be broken

for I can bend

I cannot be trapped

for I can contort

Watch me – I’m Houdiniesque –

no amount of chains

or water chambers will hold me in

Annie is a musician, artist and writer from Devon, now based in North London. She performs and releases music under the moniker Austel.

Her poetry, illustrations and music serve as a cathartic outlet; depicting the vivid physical and verbal imagery that we can use to articulate mental health and human emotion.