who gave you your first knife,
dear?
was it the one that lost his
hand?
did he who gave you your second
knife
cut off the ears to your heart
so you no longer hear the pain?
the garden fresh with blood,
a hand gone
love gone
John McMahon
John McMahon has been writing for over twenty years. He lives with his wife and daughter in sunny Scotland. He has work published in a few magazines, and a couple of anthologies. Poetry for him is a source of great comfort as he suffers from bipolar disorder.