07.30.22 love gives

poetry 1 Minute

it asks no sacrifice.
And “to have any hope
of loving another
we first must love ourselves.”
It’s an axiom grounded
an adage tossed into the trenches.
A commonality willfully denied.
Love asks no sacrifice
it gives.
And so it flies.

Published by lisajhaugen

writer by practice @stardateindefinite

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