Flickering Light By Kailey Tucker

Flickering Light 

Go create your own sound and delicate movement. 
Set a lantern on the porch for the birds tonight. 
Glowing, a golden bright light, a purposeful sign. 
Let me give a false dawn to hear hopeful singing. 

Set a lantern on the porch for the birds tonight 
because your voice won’t be given up to the dark. 
Let me give a false dawn to hear hopeful singing. 
Hope is in you, too, singing the tune without words 

because your voice won’t be given up to the dark. 
Grow faith like buds from the bed of this universe. 
Hope is in you, too, singing the tune without words, 
and the past will always fade with each of your breaths. 

Grow faith like buds from the bed of this universe. 
Appreciate abundance in a quiet life,
and the past will always fade with each of your breaths. 
Go create your own sound and delicate movement. 

Kailey Tucker is a a 20 year old upcoming poet based currently in Florida. She is a Poetry Editor for Flare: The Flagler Review and a Staff Writer for Strike Magazine. In 2020, she released her first full-length poetry book, Excerpts from 18. You can find it on kaileytucker.com. She has had her poetry published in multiple publications and performs her poetry across the southeast, hosting poetry open mics.