Songs of Change
By Kirsten Cliff & Seánan Forbesbudding storm
in this hospital waiting room
a child's vacant stare
I write a recurring role
for her in my life
haunting my dreams
unscarred and innocent
the girl I might have been . . .
I carve a nest
for her in my life
pulling colour
from this stretch of pain
my poetic muse
the lengths I will go
for her in my life
songs of change
on this solstice night
an old friend's voice
I shape a new space
for her in my life
those days I wished
her dead and worse . . .
what shall I do now
with all this wanting
for her in my life
Presence #49 (February 2014)
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