Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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How Could You?

How could you leave it behind in the dust and you say it to be your fate
How could you leave it to wilt there like a flower without the sun
You promised to come back to it you have not
It is lonely now without an owner like a stray dog
Isn’t it creeping back into your mind? Shouldn’t it?