Theft

We make the hate,
we birth it from brooding of spirit,
or lack of compassion,
or simply forgetting where we were
before we found it.
Then one day we start stealing beauty
from every life we slip on,
not realizing that if we could see ourselves
we would not need to be such thieves.

Melissa Hull lives in British Columbia, Canada. She is an English student at the University College of the Fraser Valley and plans to pursue a degree in English to become a high school English teacher. She is currently working on her second collection of poetry entitled Ophelian Pandemonium and spends the better part of her time reading and riffling through the wares of second hand book stores.

Email: Melissa Hull

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