Gilded Moth Wings
by Sydney L. C. Cook
For the tenderhearted, the weary, the wondering, and those still finding their wings.
A COLLECTION OF POETRY
between fragile wingbeats and the weight of storms,
these pages hold the quiet ache of being alive—
love and hunger, beauty and loss,
moments too fleeting to name,
yet too heavy to forget.
A GLIMPSE INSIDE
Gilded Moth Wings is a tender collection for those who feel deeply,
who find themselves in shadows and sunlight alike,
and who understand that even the most delicate things
can leave the strongest marks.
This collection was shaped over many years of writing and healing. Sydney's journey began at sixteen, after being struck by a vehicle and sustaining a serious head injury. Years later, she and her family were gravely injured at the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings — an event that deepened her need to write as a way of surviving trauma. She hopes these pages find you with gentle hands, an open heart, and a listening mind.
In its final pages, the book turns outward, offering space for you to begin
your own journey of reflection and creation—because every soul has wings waiting to unfold.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sydney L. C. Cook is a poet and artist based on the North Shore of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Her work blends lyrical and experimental storytelling to explore personal truth, vulnerability, resilience, and the complexities of the human experience.
Through her poetry, she invites readers into moments of reflection, tenderness, and raw honesty, exploring the delicate interplay between light and darkness and the beauty found in all the shades between.
follow for fragmented flights of fancy, full of feelings and fleeting moments
