"Bird of the Dead" by Avery Herker

Ghosts sing sweet songs and
We hear them as chirps and beats
Of wings. Mom always
Looks out the window and says,
“She always looked good in red”.
So Cardinals fly off again.

Avery Herker is an English and Creative Writing major at Waldorf University. Her dream is to go on to get her master's and become a teacher after graduation. She likes to spend her free time reading books and playing games.