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Merry? Christmas?

a blue christmas

By Ellie HoovsPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Merry? Christmas?
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Drowning

in still water

it's 2 inches deep

but no one will help me up

alone on the sidewalk

all the people in this city

pass me by

Drowning

in the melted snow

3 inches now

flooded by

every tear

I

cry

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About the Creator

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.

My Poetry Collection DEMORTALIZING is out now!!!: https://a.co/d/5fqwmEb

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