The Universe Made the Stars and then She Made You

By Kylie Gifis

The Universe Made the Stars and then She Made You tells the story of a young girl coping with abandonment and growing up without the support of her mother. This collection of poetry addresses societal issues experienced by women and dives deeply into the realm of mental health focusing on depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. The reader is able to follow the girl as she learns to love herself and establish her place in the world as a confident and compassionate young adult.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Odyssey Books
• Release date: Jun 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781922311337

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Copyright © Kylie Gifis 2021

The moral right of the author has been asserted.

Published by Ensorcellia,

an imprint of Odyssey Books, in 2021

www.odysseybooks.com.au

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted by any person or entity, including internet search engines or retailers, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying (except under the statutory exceptions provisions of the Australian Copyright Act 1968), recording, scanning or by any information storage and retrieval system without the prior written permission of the publisher.

A Cataloguing-in-Publication entry is available from the National Library of Australia

ISBN: 978-1922311320 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1922311337 (ebook)

Cover art by nikolai2 via depositphotos.com

for the angels who speak

of their wings

like they are something

hung up in the closet

many years ago

i trust that these pages

will guide you gently home

the end

part one

the christening

moments after the stars were born

the universe was found busy at work

seizing new handfuls of scattered

s   t   a   r   d   u   s   t

for her fingers to fashion a quilt

of the glowing and the blazing

f   l   a   m   e   s

and the planets watched in reverence

as she birthed wings to your mind

and delivered your heart like rain

to the malnourished garden of this

u   n   i   v   e   r   s   e

and so became you, glowing, blazing

a beautiful storm for the world

april showers

darling it’s no coincidence

that you were born

with a little twinkle

in your eyes

little star

he

she

i

them

we

were born as angels

our wings woven from whispers

of clouds and cosmic galaxies

our hearts a pulsating drum

bestowed in the belly

of the only other creature

powerful enough

to preserve our magic

04. 19. 2003

there is no melody softer

no chorus sweeter

than the cries

of an angel

as she descends

from the belly

of the cosmos

marmalade

when she fell from stars

the trees caught her in their