Leaning Towards the World
by
Radiance Angelina Petro

God knows the very last evening–
the small, gold locket found
among the puff of feathers on the ground.
Say what you will leaning
towards the world—tragedy comes
unexpectedly confounding fact
and fantasy. And what’s inside
the locket that once made the bird
fly a little faster, will one day
become a weight too heavy to bear.