The Heavy Feathers

These unspoken words

tore me down part by part

as they poured through me

like plucking feathers

from my heavy heart

in hopes to be light

enough to fly

instead, I’ve learned to walk

and said goodbye

to my past life.

For healing is the art

of reincarnation

Esraa Saad is a Saudi poet, and author of two poetry books. She self-published her first poetry book, Beneath the Surface, at the age of nineteen, and soon followed her second poetry book, Lost Letters. The author has been writing since childhood, finding poetry in love, loss, and the meaning of life making it relevant to all readers of poetry.