Little Leaf Literary Journal

by Edward Lee

We light fires
in the ruins of ourselves,
gather our cold limbs
around their smoky warmth,
our lungs burning
as we take deep breaths
and attempt to understand
why we are ruins
and how we came to be
inside what remains
of our dreams.

Edward Lee’s poetry, short stories, non-fiction, and photography have been published in magazines in Ireland, England, and the United States, including The Stinging Fly, Skylight 47, Acumen, The Blue Nib, and Poetry Wales. His poetry collections are Playing Poohsticks On Ha’Penny Bridge, The Madness Of Qwerty, A Foetal Heart, Bones Speaking With Hard Tongues, and To Touch The Sky And Never Know The Ground Again. He also makes musical noise under the names Ayahuasca Collective, Orson Carroll, Lego Figures Fighting, and Pale Blond Boy. His blog/website can be found at edwardmlee.wordpress.com.