Compassion

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We search for kindness like
a stomach aches for bread,
like the desert prays for a storm.

Automatic.

Instinctive.

Existing starved,
forgetting hunger
until we’re fed.

This is a response to a Chalkboard one-line poetry prompt posted by Robert Faron. If you’re looking for a fun writing prompt project to join in on, check out the submission guidelines here.