Calcium rods
Internal scaffold exposed
An x-ray of bones
Held up to the Sun
While dust motes dance
Hollow sockets stare
Another me asleep
Soft grey vulnerable lines
Cushioned amidst meat
See The End in black and white
All that will remain
Held up against a window pane
Stephen O’Reilly, @Stephen0Re1lly, lives in Galway, Ireland. He is a recipient of the 2019 RTE Short Story Award in honour of Francis MacManus and a Molly Keane Memorial Award. His work has been published in various collections in the UK and Ireland.