THE CORD - KEY QUOTES

They cut the cord she was born with

and buried it under a tree

in the heart of

the great forest

she learned to speak

and asked them

had a princess spun it from a golden spinning wheel?

Could the cord be silver? Was. it real?

in the roots of an ancient oak

the tangled knot of a riddle

or the weird ribbon of a gift

in a poke

where rooks spread their pages of wings

like black unreadable books

to hunt for her cord

she went deeper

the screech of an owl in the tree above

was the sound of a baby’s cry

blurred into one huge darkness

but the stars were her mother’s eyes