Newborn Perfection
Poem
Published in
1 min readJan 17, 2019
Rosebud mouth
baby breath
fingers grasp
delicate, fragile
bones weightless
milky eyes
absence of malice
downy hair
melt under lips
love embodied
wrapped in flesh
scent of innocence
Vulnerable.
Thanks to Gosia Rokicka for one-line prompt, ‘Absence’ on Chalkboard.