Pippa
I waited for her to come back.
She was lovely
With her laugh and her skin of gold
And I, blinded and allured,
I pushed you away.
I wintered alone.
But as the rains fell and the flowers bloomed,
you came back,
Just like I knew you would.
Just like you always have.
2022
written by Kolina Cicero
poem printed on cream clay with black ceramic ink. unglazed. measures about 6"x9".