Ice and Innocence

A poem

Tom Kane
The Lark Publication
Jul 20, 2024

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baby with angel wings
Image by Nightcafe

tiny fingers
never to grasp
a world too big
for such small hands

silence where
a cry should be
emptiness where
life once grew

dreams unspun
hopes unraveled
a future folded
neatly away

4 cherubs in sky
Image by Nightcafe

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Tom Kane
The Lark Publication

Retired Biochemist, Premium Ghostwriter, Top Medium Writer,Editor of Plainly Put and Poetry Genius publications on Medium