Poem -

the last bird to sing

out of sleep I did not come
Easily.         I heard the sun.
whispering of bloody things
It turned its face I saw its grin

and vigilant I spend the hours
Taking stock of awful things yet
Terrified again to sleep I dread
the last song blackbird weeps.

M

 

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Shirley Harrison

Grief, many forms many metaphors another powerful performance from your ink my dear marion 💜

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