The Evening Swan

Akiane often used allegorical imagery in order to interpret her spiritual connection. At the age of nine Akiane wrote a poem about her night visitations and painted a swan to represent her angel.

You need to cleanse and silence your eyes,

for dizzy prayer bounces off a wall.

All of your doubts land on a silent swan—

you need her love to catch you when you fall.

Brassy visions count each and every stone—

there are so many lives in this lonely womb.

When feelings are hungry, mirrors show different faces—

the only evening the swan lands she looks for you.