Hope
inspired by Thirst by Mary Oliver
Published in
1 min readOct 12, 2020
It wasn’t the thanks
You carved from chapped lips,
But rather what it inspired-
A flare of a spark
That I had been missing
Since the day I saw you with
Diamond tears on a bruised face,
From the lover you had,
That I feared would smother,
The flare I raised you to have.