Thursday, April 20, 2023

"The Mirage"


David Chapman-artist


a distant shimmering
promising relief
from the desert of my uncertainties
my youth
sought your false oasis
thirsted for love and approval
only to falter
steps leaden by oppression
dropping to my knees
supplicant
to receive one-drop-of-hope
before shunning

Copyright 2019 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman





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