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Aug 06
poem challenge: Yellow
NiñaEstrella

Yellow Flower

I am a yellow flower.

Alone, bright, in-your-face noticeable.

Waiting
For a toddler's hands to pluck me from my sidewalk crack home
And tuck me in their soft hair.

At the playground,
On asphalt so faded it is gray...
Sing to me a poem about a yellow flower,
And cup me in your small, happy fingers.
So I will fall into you,
And you fall into me,

I will be your yellow flower.
Shining happily.

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Posted: 08.06.20
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“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde
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  1. Cloudkitty
    Aug 07, 2020

    This is such a happy little poem, it reminds me of the sun

    "Meet me
    where the end begins,
    in echoes,
    where your world is me,
    and my world is yours."

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  1. NiñaEstrella
    Aug 07, 2020

    Aww thank you!

    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde

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