The Enemy Word
How much burden did this word carry?
Up to the time it was exhaled
I should have quailed in the dearth of kindness.
The energy that could be sensed
made me recoil in distaste.
it grew and grew
until it was metamorphosed.
Transformed into repugnance
-stuck in your throat for a while-
I sat quietly as it sunk in deep
and then it tailed away to silence.
Lefenthea Maria Golgaki
Lefcothea Maria Golgaki (Λευκοθέα Μαρία Γκολγκάκη) comes from Greece where she is a published book author, script writer and playwright. Internationally, she has contributed to four poetry collections published by Scars Publications, The Poet, and Adelaide Literary Magazine. Some of her poems, flash fiction stories and essays have been featured in Bright Flash Literary Review, Flash Fiction North, The Penwood Review, Balestra Magazine, Candlelit Chronicles, Uppagus, Litbreak Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Brazen Head, The Daphne Review, The Stray Branch, The Cannon's Mouth, Aphelion, Eskimo Pie, Mediterranean Poetry, Twist & Twain, Academy of the Heart and Mind, The Sentinel and Tri-Town Tribune.