(After Apprehensions by Sylvia Plath)
I can help you,
or at least I could try.
I don't have the same
apprehensions.
The sky to me
is not a ceiling,
nor a canvas to paint with
your pretentions.
And my partner
believes in me,
cherishes my weaknesses
and I her interventions.
(c) Andrew Halsall Smith, 2018
