EMMA KATHRYN is from Glasgow, Scotland and has just finished an honours degree in English studies at the University of Strathclyde. Her published works include stories in Lame Goat Press’ “Diamonds in the Rough” and “Howl: Tales of the Feral and Infernal”, as well as a story in Pill Hill Press’ “Pandora’s Nightmare”, and her story “A Pirate’s Life for Me” was featured in Ethereal Tales issue 7. Her blog is called Beware the Vampire Bunnies. She is rather tiny and a bit mad.
Editor’s note: We liked Gypsy because it has the lilting feel of an ancient ballad, and we could imagine this poem set to music. ~ GVB
Gypsy
A sigh, a whisper,
The wind calls my name.
New home, new town,
New village, new plain.
I turn to the tarot,
My destiny on the cards.
I leave but a vision,
As I leave with the stars.
The wind marks my journey,
On a map non-existent
And I trust his judgement,
Never doubtful, never hesitant.
I collect my possessions
Of tarot and stone
And he carries me off
To a new land called “home.”
No lover, nor companion,
But the wind and the moon,
For I know they won’t leave me,
Nor bring me to ruin.
The present, the future,
The echoes of the past;
They all fade to dust,
For none ever last.
It is this that drives me,
To a life of temporary.
I must move, I must travel,
Before this burden gets too heavy.
A sigh, a whisper,
The wind calls my name.
New home, new town,
New village, new plain.
