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Too Many Ways To Fall

3-27-2025

By Ellie HoovsPublished 10 months ago 1 min read
Too Many Ways To Fall
Photo by Polina Kuzovkova on Unsplash

Was I born with crooked feet?

Destined to stumble?

Or is it just that this world

and all of it's rocky

ragged edges,

all of it's cliffs

and the people willing

to push you off of them

is full of too many ways

to fall?

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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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Nice work

Very well written. Keep up the good work!

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  • Marilyn Glover10 months ago

    Poetry packed with a punch. Well written, Ellie! And I agree with Thomas; it's our broken world and definitely not you! 💙💙💙

  • Thomas Terry10 months ago

    It's the broken world we live in and not you!

  • Aweee 😍 so relatable. The man above understand you. Keep walking ❤️

  • Marie381Uk 10 months ago

    Wonderful poetry 🖌️📕🏆♦️

  • Ann ☕️10 months ago

    awww, I feel you ❤️ Sending hugs, Ellie~

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