My baby still needs me

Always happy to see her again

By Shirley TwistPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read

Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash

Scratching your back takes

me back to the day you came.

Twenty-five years passed.

love poems

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Shirley Twist

Shirley has had a 35-year career as a journalist, editor and teacher. She has been story-writing since she was 5 and her first story was published at age 13. A University of Western Australia graduate, Shirley is married with 2 children

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