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New Leaf

4-8-2025

By Ellie HoovsPublished about a year ago • 1 min read
New Leaf
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In a sudden gaze

I found you

standing on your own convictions

for once

and finally.

you were humming your own tune

a tale as young

and new

as the leaf you just turned.

You were dancing

to your own beat

not a marching paso

but a fluid contemporary

embracing shades of emotion

both light and dark

accepting the existence of them

and I wept at the sight of you.

The most beautiful second chances

truly

are those we gift ourselves.

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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