The Messenger - a poem by S D Wickett

The Messenger is a poem written by Bournbrook’s S D Wickett.

The Messenger is a poem written by Bournbrook’s S D Wickett, and can be read below. For more of his poems, follow him on his Substack, Instagram account @songsofafoggedmind_ and Twitter account @essdeewickett.

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The Messenger

Host becomes the court,

‘A messenger’, I thought.

Bring thunder and rain,

and sorrow and pain,

Just do not tell me,

What I already know;

That the end of pride

is suicide,

and six cold feet below.