JOAN SKINNER

 

It’s risky

 

There is much to be discovered in the small knot of fear

at the farthest corner of your heart.

Night skies and open roads are no panacea.

No way out.

No way through.

A newborn in your hands

can hardly touch it.

Once set free

fear will hover till you have purged it

with age.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joan Skinner is a midwife. She has just completed the IIML Master’s programme. While there she wrote a memoir about her midwifery practice, and developed a hankering for writing poetry.

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