Eleanor Scorah is a writer exploring the recurring imagery in everyday experiences. Her work has been published by Strix, Hive and Palm-Sized Press, and she won first prize in the Poetry Kit Winter Competition 2019.
Saturation
You try to control the moisture content,
chasing the places where vapour meets
cool glass. It creeps around you, the wet,
dripping down walls whilst we sleep.
I hadn’t noticed. I saw pink
blooming on our bathroom ceiling,
but I did not know you were at war.
A silent war of cold wind and open windows.
We could have aired the house together:
unlocked the doors and released a breeze.
I would have gripped your hand;
I would have led you through it.
But I cannot open the windows alone;
even without you, the house is saturated.
Your damp still swells the door frames,
still peels the wallpaper at night.