Heavy Wings.

Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)



It is as a bird catching its breath
in the hands of an angel
who sits between the hearth
and the Christmas pine.

That wall closing in:
focusing the mind
on cores of your beginning;
the time you were mine.

Who you are shaped
in ancient matrix;
your body caped
in delicate feathers shine.

As the world fills
with knowledge a glow
pushing tills of items
towards your home fine.

Until no more
your need emptied
and want laid bare
only then we dine.



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Written on November 13, 2021

Submitted by heathert.34240 on November 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXA XXXA BXBA XXXA XXXA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 455
Words 102
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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