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    Roots: Poetry
    Roots: Poetry
    Roots: Poetry
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    Roots: Poetry

    By K.A. Ralston

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    Roots is a collection of nature-themed poems about the relationships, the moments, and the places that make us who we are. Each poem explores the beauty and chaos of nature and how it mirrors the workings of the human heart. In a voice that is poignant and raw, these poems speak to love, lost and found, motherhood, mental health, and our relatio

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJuly House Publishing, LLC
    Release dateOct 20, 2023
    ISBN9798985832730
    Roots: Poetry

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      Roots - K.A. Ralston

      - love won’t grow here

      i am the moth

      to your flickering flame

      your kiss singes my paper wings

      i hiss at the pain

      i know i should look away

      but baby, your light is mesmerizing

      and i have never felt the fire

      from any kind of want

      when the sky turns thickly dark

      becomes a bruised hue

      i lie awake

      wondering what we could have been

      and that familiar ache of loneliness

      is suddenly razor-edged with regret

      - blue hour

      i have grown homesick for you

      your amber gaze

      your honeyed kiss

      your cedar-scent embrace

      your evergreen yearning for me

      and your wide-open field of a heart

      you’re the kind

      to find something

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