The Fragile Seconds

Elizabeth Helmich
2 min readMar 23, 2020

What if we’re not
all meant to be
or not to be
Ophelias or Juliets.

Our beauty strewn
between the thorns
of haphazard roses
and deliberate water lilies
floating in vain.

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Elizabeth Helmich

Holes and a series of rabbits — my debut poetry collection — now available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089RRRGXX/