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While the Cathedral Burns

  • Writer: Nic
    Nic
  • Dec 19, 2020
  • 1 min read

What I remember of the Cathedral:

a towerful of steps before I had my own;

dress and satchel shed beneath the bell;

how freedom & vulnerability can coexist;

her big, brown eyes as she studied me.

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