when she sews
by moonlight
grandmother
plucks stars
from the sky
and
strings them on
a silver thread
she sings
melodies
of mountains
and stormy seas
my head upon
the solid hill
of her thigh
stardust like sugar
on my lips
my eyes close
dreams drift
—Beth Cato is the author of The Clockwork Dagger series from Harper Voyager, which includes the novella Wings of Sorrow and Bone. Her newest novel is Breath of Earth. She’s a Hanford, California native transplanted to the Arizona desert, where she lives with her husband, son, and requisite cat. Follow her at BethCato.com and on Twitter at @BethCato.