Paper Cranes by Kathleen Henley

The pages of our hearts

Have folded over into paper cranes

Sealing what’s inside

But never taking flight

When will they fly?

String them from the highest ceilings

In hopes that one day

They will leave

With the breath of life on their paper wings

Winner of the RCCC Creative Writing Award for Poetry

 

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