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Hope

  • Writer: Valerie Rutherford
    Valerie Rutherford
  • May 21, 2024
  • 1 min read

I'm scared to even hope

Because the hope hurts

Not feathers, but thorns

In my chest


But if I don't cradle

My thorny hope inside

Then there is only

Nothingness

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