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Barbed Wire & China

4-15-2025

By Ellie HoovsPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read

The first time I chose peace,

it felt like rebellion

like my great grandmother's fine China tea cup

filled with wine

perched precariously on the ledge of a windowsill

against a lavender twilight sky

a smirk curled around silent sips

as biceps buried fenceposts

and strung up long overdue barbed wire

boundaries curated with mirror tipped kindness

allowing daisies to grow

where their footprints left bruises.

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Ellie Hoovs

Breathing life into the lost and broken. Writes to mend what fire couldn't destroy. Poetry stitched from ashes, longing, and stubborn hope.

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    Written by Ellie Hoovs