Alcoholic Splurge and the White Light Dream

Poetry by Mattie-Bretton Hughes

The rain, it flows in my veins,

I feel electric, drop my shell.

Throw my bottle at the fence,

soaking my face in a backsplash.

Reeks of alcoholic splurge,

I binge like a dream that won't end.

I dream in heat waves of white.

White powder light, up my blood stream

I’ve waited for, a dream, I’ve waited for…

Moments turn to split seconds,

day into night, night into nothing.

Black clouds cloud

the white innocence of life.

BIO: Mattie-Bretton Hughes is a disabled, nonbinary-transmasc writer from Detroit, Michigan. He is a recovering addict and journals to discover the layers of systemic trauma, identity, body dysphoria, disability, intimate partner violence, and addiction, while exploring the human condition with inspiration from nature and the cosmos. He cares for a blind rescue cat named Mr. Ray Charles Kitty. Mattie’s work has appeared in Querencia Press, Beyond The Veil Press, Snowflake Magazine, Wishbone Words, and elsewhere. You can catch him on Instagram @mattiebretton27.