Sonnet of Eve & Untold

Sonnet of Eve

Words by Annabel Fedcesin

In evergreen undergrowth I open. The world swirling in ember and cobalt, I rest my head and let my hands with pen Trace the sky until it falls, leaving salt. And shrivelling beauty cured by stone Will leave fleeting streaks of fluorescent light. I will sit upon my wattle bloom throne Wonder if there is body to this sight. Sudden visions of someone else in tow

Leave longing in my fingertips for soul. Flowers plucked abruptly and tied by bow. Unturned earth exposing sickening coal. In this bleak world that I cannot escape My self grows an unfamiliar shape.

Untold

Words by Annabel Fedcesin

There is a place below the sea Where eyes sting red and teary. Butterfly fish kiss lonesome foreheads And algae flowers sway, their pollen bled. From in my castle, high and bright Looking down on alleyways devoid of light I spot a soul, decrepit and old Longing for a story told.

There they sit mumbling songs. The history of all their wrongs. Each passing citizen hearing But further away they keep steering. Only us, above all below Peer out our window Stop and listen to the song bounce up Between the walls of the buttercup

The blooming bell of the building Water bleached and petal gilding Distracts the eyes of passers-by Away from the lonely sigh. Yet up here we sit and listen Unmoved by the wall’s glisten That melody for fish and heart Of lovers torn worlds apart.