walking through the old
orchard, the scent of apples —
i am but a child
Image: © 2019 Nino Chakvetadze, reproduced with permission.
haiku
If Only Babies Were Puppies (haiku)
here i am, hold me
up to the light to see if
my heart is beating
I wrote the haiku after watching the video of Jill Stanek’s testimony.
We hear a lot about animal cruelty. It is condemned, rightfully so.
But how come the MSM is silent about the horrific things done to newborn humans?
Image by zivilebj from Pixabay
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3 a.m.
the small hour crucified
tween mourning and light
sleepless
written for Poetic Asides April Poem-A-Day Challenge
sasha a. palmer 