Steemit Poetry Contest #15 - A TODDLER SOLD ME FLOWERS

_Once in a humid December an
Earth rotation’s away from here
A toddler sold me flowers, I cried,
Her midnight eyes so desperate and I was _

Helpless to do anything but buy out
Every petal clutched in her chubby fist and I know
Sometimes my life feels like an uphill boulder
Perched on my weak shoulders, But,

An image of innocent desolation
On a sweaty night years ago still
Fills me with a remembered hollow
A sadness I still choke on

Official entry to the Steemit Poetry Contest by @Terrycraft

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