A Gentle Landing

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A Gentle Landing
A Gentle Landing
Self-love At First Sight

Self-love At First Sight

National Poetry Month 2022

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rose j. percy
Apr 12, 2022
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A Gentle Landing
A Gentle Landing
Self-love At First Sight
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I saw her and I loved her

And I discovered I did not

Love myself enough to know

I needed worlds-full 

Of time to be okay with that love 

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It wasn’t cold feet 

But cold everything that held me

Back, and I wi…

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