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Little Beautiful Things

February 18, 2022
By Waterdrop SILVER, Zaria, Other
Waterdrop SILVER, Zaria, Other
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The only thing that felt real before her foot touched the pool

Was the dead leaf that licked its own reflection. 

The wind was startled

And she could see it from the way it brushed her hair.

 

Spinning, it may get whisked away 

Into the air, upon another soil

Far from its roots, buried,

And given rest, 

Until the sand and earthworms accept it,

Seeing life and substance coexist

And they all become a part of each other as dew binds them. 

And so little beautiful things

Give in to deep things. 


The author's comments:

It is just that period of the year in Nigeria where the trees are shedding their leaves and the sky is preparing itself for the warmth about to come in. So I was just inspired by this idea to write this. 


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