Words
By Ellen Chia
I believed in the power of words
As a pagan believes in the lunar cycles
Until I found a cat with a burnt tail,
A harmless children's game.
I took her inside the house
Put her on my writings
She shrieked out all the things I missed to write
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Ellen Chia lives in Thailand and whilst pondering over the wonders and workings of her tiny universe finds herself succumb time after time to the act of poetry making. Her works have been published in the The Ekphrastic Review, NatureWriting, The Honest Ulsterman, Zingara Poetry Review, Poetry Hall and The Tiger Moth Review.