Cactus Heart
- Don Rearden
- Apr 5, 2023
- 1 min read
in the end
the spines
won't protect you
tough skin
barbed spikes
deter creatures
who know better
except those
with their own
cactus heart
[April 5, 2023 -- Poem-A-Day Challenge for National Poetry Month. ]
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