Being soft
in a concrete world
does not mean
I am fragile.
My compassion,
My Empathy
does not mean
I am easily
swayed
or
pushed over.
Being a lover
does not mean
I am incapable
or unwilling
to fight.
Belief
in the good,
seeing the glass
half full,
does not mean
I am naive.
It's not arson
to burn a bridge
already in flames
from burning
wrecked
cars
that you crashed
I am not a
delicate
little
flower.
I
am a
land mine.
don't step on me
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Ellie Hoovs
Breathing life into the lost and broken. Writes to mend what fire couldn't destroy. Poetry stitched from ashes, longing, and stubborn hope.
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Ahh! a word popped into my head that I felt summed up the feelings this gave me, and then I made the fatal flaw of pausing to sip my coffee ... and the word is gone! Argh! I loved this so much, the last bit about being a landmine and not to step on me! So good! It speaks so much into my feelings sometimes of having been walked over in the past and being seen as 'delicate' and someone that will be pushed around ... but no more! Amazing work (as usual) Ellie! 🩷 (if I remember the word, I'll come back!)