Sheets of paper Like once adored petals Blanket the ground

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Plastic dino Pressed against a soft cheek Protecting dreams

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Soft mochi cheeks Pressed with silly kisses Gift sounds of joy

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All I want is to write words that break your heart and stitch it back together again Just like mine

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I wish the dogwood would hang its blossoms down for me like the showy clusters of the cherry trees But its slow unfurling petals only turn to face the sun

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Sick child sleeping on the couch I don’t need to be sitting next to him but I am

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We are all just waiting to lose someone or be lost

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At breakfast this morning we went to the beach and built a picnic out of sand with a sandy sun I held up in the sky to brighten our day

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A tiny appleseed thrown into the compost was meant to be grown into a tree One of us did not forget

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Ducks preening in the neighbor's yard Chickens hunt for bugs They didn't get the memo

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