By Lili Bird
I am with the cliffs tonight
drenched in storm
I am a wild
shattering thing
needle-toothed and
breakable
full of old earthy
echoes full
of blood
and I follow
a path for fire-eyed things
that want to nestle
with the tempest.
Lili Bird is a writer and visual artist from the Blue Mountains, Australia. Having spent a long time in the wilds of Canada, Iceland, Scotland, and her own rugged bushland home, Lili draws inspiration from her love of travel, road trips, and remote wilderness exploration. Central to her work are themes of duality, vulnerability, beauty, fear, and love, encapsulating her experiences as a young woman. Her writing has been published in Woman Cave Collective, and she recently had her first solo art show in Sydney.