You don't qualify

I saw red flowers
held those, thinking it was you
till my fingers bled
I’d failed to see the thorns there
love does it to some people

so insensitive
you see, but don’t feel, don’t smell
expansive presence
love needs to be felt, not held
you don’t qualify for it

Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 21 March 2020

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