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Stone’s Throw Away

Our love was
so strong that
we were just
a stone’s throw
from reconciliation,

but the stones
already slung had
so badly broken
the glass house
of our trust that

the shards seeded
a stone wall over
which no stone
could ever be
thrown again.

We were so close,
and yet so far.

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I wrote this poem in 2023 for humanity, inspired by the proverb “People who live in glass houses should not throw stones”.

© Susan L Hart 2026