A Room of One’s Own

Introspection

By Melissa de la CruzPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read

Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash

leaf descends stilly

onto the empty playground

a room of one’s own

heartbreak inspirational sad poetry social commentary

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Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa is someone who measures 3X prior to cutting, yet still ends up with ill-fitting window blinds. Her writing is an outlet for such blunders as well as weightier matters. #ownvoices #antiracism #individual #armyveteran #feminist #vote

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Kendall Defoe 3 years ago
Woolf would have seen your point (it did feel like one's own space, didn't it?) Nice work!

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