A Slivered Thing

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(Photo: Beth Hope on Unsplash)

 

She became an essence.

A sliver

Of her dreams.

Nothing near the child

She’d been, who played

A fairy’s magic theme,

With arms a fledgling’s

Widespread

Wings.

Life tossed her

From the nest.

Unhinged.

She a feather now.

A mere sliver

Of a being.

 

 

 

 

For the dVerse Quadrille challenge of: Sliver