© Your Pain Is Not My Patchwork Quilt

Never

Have I understood

The thoughts, the actions, or

The reasons it takes to hurt another

My mind does not function that way

And it shocks me to see/hear it from others

Because I do not cow to

a                           My soul and

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   t                                    h                      My heart, sending me swimming in

     a                                     o                                i

       g                                      c                               n

         o                                        k                               s

 n                                           i                                        u

   i                                       n                                             L           I grow stronger and

     s                                 g                                                  t                      s

  t                                                                                           s                 u

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               a                                                                              y

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Defending

The underdog

As well as standing up

To the bully and fighting back

Is my forte and it make my hair

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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Mimi Wolske

(pic: Wall Hangings inspired by Picasso's Martini Woman)