Waiting To Fly Poem by M.L. Emmett

Waiting To Fly

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almost
at breaking point

almost
fleshed out of existence

she caresses
the white hospital cup

as if it were
a soft-feathered fallen dove

frightened and waiting
for a chance to fly again.



First published in The Mozzie Volume16, Issue 5 July 2008

M.L. Emmett
Thursday, June 14, 2012
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