Courting My Shadow

Wrapping the words
in silence 
tying them with a bow
Gifting them to
my other self
waiting still to know
Leaving them
at the doorstep
of one I’d chased so long
A thank you note
has just arrived
— those words turned into song

(Ronald McDonald House: April, 2024)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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