Two Thieves, A Little Help & Guilty Of A Lie – On Gentle Wings Excerpt
Exciting news – On Gentle Wings will be releasing very soon! I’m aiming to have the ebook out during this week and the physical copy will be following shortly. You can check out my Instagram or Facebook page to keep up to date with the exact day of release, or sign up to my newsletter on my home page to get an email when the collection is published! For now, here are three poems I’ve picked from the manuscript to share with you today – I really hope you enjoy them!
Two ThievesA magpie takes a coin
from my window sill,
night by night.
Half the blame’s mine,
for leaving it in sight.
The other falls to him,
thieving bird, for taking
what belongs to neither him nor me.
Sometimes, all you need
is to close your eyes
and slowly breathe.
Let the little ones
come to you—let them flutter
as you sit and stew.
Your thoughts may be heavy,
but their wings are light
and, altogether,
they’ll lift away your plight.
Guilty Of A LieShe told us, with all the semblances
of truth about her character and countenance,
that she took the little bird’s life
on a whim.
She lied, but for one awful,
ponderous moment,
that bird was dead between us,
and we wholeheartedly believed
our friend had blood on her hands.
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