A New Voice
written by: Linda M. Crate
@thysilverdoe
a mourning dove
sits on the roof and sings to me
as a sky unfurls
with the bluest petals i have ever seen,
and everything is beautiful;
tulips are blooming
and daffodils are dancing
in the breeze—
the sun is shining,
and in me i find lyrics of hope;
better days are coming
i can feel it and so when moments
of darkness wash over me
i have light enough to not let it
consume me
worry does more harm
than good and it doesn’t fix
anything—
there are bad things in the universe,
but i choose to embrace the light:
sun or moon for i am a daughter of both;
my ancient blood full of mythologies
binding past and present and future together
in a voice that has never been scrawled
against the universe before
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has three published chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013), Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014), and If Tomorrow Never Comes (Scars Publications, August 2016). Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015. The second novel of this series Dragons & Magic was published in October 2015. The third of the seven book series Centaurs & Magic was published November 2016. Her novel Corvids & Magic was published March 2017.
Latest posts by Linda M. Crate (see all)
- We Deserve More - June 30, 2023
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