The people looked above and saw a long boat
of the afterlife
sailing across the sky.
A warrior standing in it
cast his spear down
to catch a salmon
and retrieving it
he fell to earth.
Amazed, the people seized him
not to harm
but to help him stand
But he cried out
anguished:
I beg you
let me free
I AM DROWNING
Let Me Free: I Am Drowning (2022) re-imagines a legend told in the Annals of 8th Century Ireland. The story of someone from the afterlife being unable to live in their former home - the world of the living - now illustrates the pain of an addict, struggling to survive the whiplash movement between worlds of intoxication and withdrawal.
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