Brittle - For Explaining Sophie Contest

Brittle.

Composure is a fragile thing
That should allow my heart to sing
So why when all is hearts and kisses
Do I suspect a viper’s hisses



31 December 2018
For Julia Ward’s Explaining Sophie Contest

“Fear is a slinking cat I find beneath the lilacs of my mind”
Sophie Tunnell
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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