The Desert
The Bacon Cat Legging Society
Loving you is like sowing seeds
in the desert
tortured by the heat,
can't you hear me scream?
Your care is a mirage
more smoke screens
& fog
like a cactus giving
free hugs,
it hurts you while you try
to love
then blames you because you should have seen the
thorns
my heart
is
torn.
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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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Comments (3)
This was so poignant and emotional. Loved your poem!
Ohh adore and cherish the goodness of the desert, beautiful indeed, love it, thanks for sharing.
the cactus metaphor! wow that's real! 🩷