INHERITANCE

By: Gracie Jones

JULY 2025 ISSUE

POETRY

Editor: Trevor Cunnington

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I mourn the shell I shed,

the cracked edges of grief, replaced

as I wear yours as a second-skin

which fits—

with lingers of mine beneath.

In silence, my syllables fade into yours

as they call me by your name.

A label that I adopted

laying in your nest

with borrowed feathers

and dust of those fallen.

Our children watch me dispose 

of my loose skin.

You will always stay. The nest, yours

as another bird 

takes your name, and whose 

name hides in the branch-bark.  

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AUTHOR PHOTO

Gracie Jones

Gracie Jones is a writer and poet from Gloucestershire, England. She has recently completed her BA Creative Writing Degree at the University of Gloucestershire and has had multiple poems published.

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