A broken tulip by Maaike

A broken tulip by Maaike

On the road to tomorrow, baby goats sleep.

A blessing for the acceptance of an ending.

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Maaike VanderMeer
Mar 21, 2024
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I want to enter this year with the confidence of baby goats who sleep on whatever part of the road their rope lets them reach. They want the warmth and the sun and nothing in the way. Heads on their bellies – thick, hairy, sweet – they sleep. They don’t mind the rubber wheels that thunder past them.

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