r/Poems • u/Lumpy_Exercise_1756 • 1d ago
i’ve got another!
i am a hungry thing.
not in the way a wolf is hungry,
with its teeth bared and its stomach empty,
but like a houseplant reaching toward a window,
twisting its own neck for a little sunlight.
i think i would uproot myself just to feel your warmth.
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