losing our grip on purpose

Patrick Johnston

Today
In the Psych Hospital
I asked them
If they could cut out the part of my brain
Where she lives
Rent free
They told me no
She paid her rent And anyway
She lives in my heart

Patrick Johnston is a writer and poet based in Yorkshire. His work explores mental health, memory, and myth through lyrical prose and experimental forms. His writing has appeared in Argyle Literary Magazine, Love and Literature and Wingless Dreamer, among others.