Like heron, like hare, his home is the edgelands.
He comes to forget things, while charting the flight
Of graceful birds across sunken skies.

Every variety of nothing sits here.
Freights rattle by, a marching band.

Scars ache with the malice of neglected lovers,
Who are seeking to be remembered.

Heather Barrett lives in the UK and has a passion for horror and life writing.