Poem -

Cake of Life

author
Caitlin Hurst
Cake of Life

Strength and doubt,
My flour and butter,
Love, my sugar,
Hate, my salt,
Compassion my eggs and flaws my icing.
Drowned in colour and sweetness to hide the bitter ingredients that form the cake of life.

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Total votes: 1
Tags: 
Food Inner Self Life
Poetry Genre: 
Speculative
Topic: 
The Soul
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linda wright

really coolwrite love the comparisions in your poetry short but powerfuull
awesome linda j wright 

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linda wright's picturelinda wright1007 years ago

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