i have words
. in my head.
a hundred blackbirds
in a winter sky,
.
but they won’t be caught.
not
today.
.
so
i cannot
string
them
onto
paper.
.
because
i am searching
for all the pieces of myself
that i have left.
.
left,
in other days
and
other months
and
other years
and
other people.
.
i am travelling through time,
. rescuing me.
.
one
mistake
at a time.
.
and spring,
will soon be here.
words,
will marry paper
once again.
.
and
the blackbirds will settle.
.
yes, they will.
soon.
—on walking back and taking back.
.
© Liezel Graham 2019.
.
.
Photograph by Alice Castro.
