Rinds crusted, dried up
fruit shrunk and coarse
lips cracked, bleeding
lifeless eater hand outstretched
in the scorching desert heat.
Thank you for reading,
-Alina
Alina Happy Hansen
Writer in San Francisco, CA
- Persephone
She claws her way out
of hell, Cerberus howling
breeze warms frigid air
Young buds stretch for blossoming
birds fluttering in the trees