MHI: HOPE IS THE BONE by Eugen Bacon

Trigger Warning: This piece addresses mental health

The HWA is pleased to launch its Mental Health Initiative, a coordinated roll-out of events, resources, and activities intended to promote positive mental health, foster the concept of hope, and challenge the stigma of mental illness in the horror genre. The initiative, run by the organization’s Wellness Committee, launches in June, and includes the following blog posts from Of Horror and Hope, a downloadable anthology of poems, flash fiction, and personal reflections on mental health by HWA members.

HOPE IS THE BONE
Eugen Bacon

of a dead animal
music is the weather
backside up
a kiss is the sky
waiting a little longer
words in proxy
sentences in spook
zoom to the backdrop
of a country road
tap on the door
of a forbidden protocol
the gods will delete us
no mask no entry
jag jag tereu