Record plays near bed
Dad reads to me in soft words
Soothes my cold away.
My work:
Patheos,
The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,
The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books
Silent Bites by Eukalypto
How does it work?
This poem made me feel calm, like recalling a childhood memory.
Awww this was so wonderful. Loved it!
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This poem made me feel calm, like recalling a childhood memory.
Awww this was so wonderful. Loved it!