Betrayal

Emily Barge
Poets Unlimited
Published in
1 min readFeb 27, 2019

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Who taught me to run from my ideas?
I birth them
caress them with my hands
and simmer with excitement
as I watch them grow
But as soon as the next one
comes along
I abandon them
I gave them life
and stole it from them
at the same time

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Emily Barge
Poets Unlimited

Writer and editor, and lover of books, dark chocolate, and punctuation. Life Motto: Live in the sunshine. Swim the sea. Drink the wild air. - Emerson