Forgive me, Mother,
For I have sinned
Against tradition.
It is one year exactly since
I last asked this forgiveness,
In my head,
But I have still never confessed
To eating the backs out of
my Easter Eggs
Before Easter Sunday rolled around.
24th March 2021
About the Author
Frances Holland is a writer from Northumberland. Her work has been published in Litro, Mslexia, Mookychick, and Poetry Salzburg Review, among others. She teaches English and Media at a local school, where she is also Writer-in-Residence.
