Daisy Houghton

Gold

I do not burn red
I will leave no ashes

I am gold

Like the shards of a statue
Or the pollen of a dead lily






Daisy Houghton is a third year student at the University of Galway in Ireland. She is pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in English, Spanish and Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in the University of Galway’s Writers’ Society annual publications: Ignite, Submerge and Voyage. When she isn’t writing, Daisy loves painting watercolors in her back garden.

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