Light step, star lady
Sing a song
Stop the world
From falling long
Into the depths
Of wishes wronged
Pierce the layer
Silent sayer
Time will warp
To hear the prayer
Stillness leans
Into breath’s beams
A pause
Applause
Where words
Birth dreams
First published in Hudson Valley Writers Guild NOV 27, 2024
https://hvwg.org/2024/11/four-poems-amanda-niamh-dawson/