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This is Not a Poem

January 11, 2016
By always_tomorrow GOLD, Sacramento, California
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Don't dwell on the shores of your troubles, else the tide might come in and you'll start drowning.

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This is not a poem,

it is my heart,

taken apart for all to see.

Word by word,

line by line.

 

Analyze it,

critique it-- but gently!

As not to break my form,

my structure.

For my bones are the only things holding me together

     now.

© April R., Highland Village, TX

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