Kelly

“Broken Gull of Brandon Beach Winged soul, you danced the skies, And startled dawn with shrilling cries. You followed sails and braved the sea, Then caught the wind back to me. You broke your wing; it dragged the land And etched your mark upon the sand. When feathers break, you cannot fly, But who decides the time to die? . . . You disappeared, I know not where. But your wing-marks still linger there. A broken heart cannot fly, But who decides the time to die?”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing