even today,
our lives circle around it;
the warm dough, it’s salt crust.
toast and marmalade,
dipped into soup,
mopping up sausage stew,
but it is not enough,
we hunger again,
and as essential as it is,
you say,
‘There is more.
Come.’
#4 bread
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Elisabeth Pike is a writer and designer. Voice at the Window, a collection of 100 gratitude poems written during lockdown is out now. Circles: Nurture and Grow your Creative Gift was released in April 2019. Her prints and books are available at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleBirdEditions. She lives in Shropshire with her husband and four children. View more posts
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