Secrets whispered in the park, she finds, become facts. Light ones, slight ones, but facts all the same.
To be picked up by the wind.
And occasionally the big girls.
Blown like fallen blossom around town.
Settling on pavements, doorsteps.
And before long you’ll find the priest knows your name.

Rachel Canwell is a writer and teacher living in Cumbria. She is currently working on a flash collection and her first novel which was shortlisted for the Retreat West Pitch to Win 2021. Her short fiction has been published in Sledgehammer Lit, Pigeon Review, Reflex Press, Selcouth Station and The Birdseed amongst others. See more at bookbound.blog/writing.