Wax

Image credit: Annie Rew Shaw

My days are melting
down like wax
and merging together
in a thick, muddy pool

I’m losing my months

I feel like a fly
drowning in the mess

I try to climb up the candlestick
but my feet trap themselves in the
paraffin

So I warm my wings on the fragile flames
and try to learn how to swim

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.