sweet almond cookie

bullfrog on a lily pad 
in a pond as deep as hope
where heartbreak pops and floats
like bubbles on the surface

real and fragile
as cottonwood branches
slow footsteps on gravel
a screen door closed

some folks
just feel like family
others donโ€™t

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