kelly catharine bradley is a mother and poet. she wrote “a gift” after the sudden death of her son, Baeley Aubrey Thackston. Created in the six months after Baeley died, “a gift” is an opus on grief that seeks a lost soul, and offers the glimmer of candlelight. “a gift” comes from a mother’s stunned grief and her effort to remain on earth while conjuring love and hope in and for another realm.

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